... ScerriStatisticshashelpeddeterminetheformoflawsaboutsociety and thecharacterofsocialfacts.Ithasengenderedconcepts and classificationswithinthehumansci-ences.Moreoverthecollectionofstatisticshascreated,attheleast,agreatbureau-craticmachinery.Itmaythinkofitselfasprovidingonlyinformation,butitisitselfpartofthetechnologyofpowerinthemodernstate.(Hacking1991:181)ThisbookemergedfromtheseminarontheMeasurementofInnovationActivitiesinOrganisationfor Economic Co- operationandDevelopment (OECD) and non -OECD countries thatwasheldinSouthAfricain2001.Themotivationforthatforumwastherecognisedneedtoaddressanew and excitingphenomenonintheareaof economic policyformulation.Thelandmarksofthisphenomenonwerethepublicationofthe1992OsloManual and thenewEurostatCommunityInnovationSurvey(CIS).Theseeventsmarkedanotableruptureintheplacementofinnovationwithinmacroeconomicpolicyformulation.Thisruptureresultedinashiftofinnovationtheory(offering,asitdoes,whatmaywellbeoneofthemoreformidablechallengestotheneoclassicalaccountof economic growth)fromtherealmsofatheoreticaldebatetopraxis.Inaway,theparadigmshiftthathadoccurredintheory,withtheemergenceofevolutionaryeconomics and innovationtheory,nowbecamemanifestinacorrespondingshiftinthenatureofthestatisticaltoolof(political) economic governance.Innovationtheoryhad‘arrived’, and itslegitimacywasfurtherratifiedinalater OECD document (OECD 1997)thatexplicitlyarticulatedthetheoreticalfoundationofthisnewtypeofsurvey,whichhadgonefarbeyondthepreviousdatagatheringonresearch and development in OECD member countries. Therupturemarkedadeparturefroman economic planningframeworkwhereinthescience and technology(S&T)sectorwasincorporatedintheorthodoxneoclassicalmodeltoaninnovationtheory-basedapproachtogrowththatfundamentallychallengesthismodel.Itredirectedtheanalysisoftheroleoftechnology, and ofinnovationingeneral,inthegrowthofnations,awayfromresidualanalysistothemainstream.Thisrupturethusarosefromtwolinkeddevelopments.Thefirstwastheincreasinglyapparentimportanceofinnovationinthegrowth anddevelopment ofeconomies,especiallyinthelatterpartofthetwentiethcentury.Thesecondwastherealisationthattheessentiallystaticanalyticalframeworkofmainstreamneoclassicaltheorywasillsuitedfortheanalysisofthe economic roleofinnovation.Thesetwodevelopmentsprovidedwhatonemaycallthepoliticalbasis,themotiveforce,fortheemergenceofthenewsurvey.The development ofanewsurvey,seekingnewdata and newwaysoforganisinginformation,isnolightmatter, and thesignificanceofanewsurveyisobviouslymostpronouncedwhenitreflectsashiftinthetheoreticalbase,inthiscasefromneoclassicaltoevolutionarytheory.Thescopeofsurveysthatareadoptedbygovernmentsisanchoredingovernance, and the development ofsuchsurveysisthusfundamentallydifferentfromthenormalprocessofacademicenquiry.Thereisalwaysaninevitablereciprocalrelationshipbetweentheobjectofenquiry and themodeofenquiry,butinthecaseofofficialsurveys,Free ... CommunityInnovationSurveyCMEA CouncilforMutual Economic AssistanceCOMECON CouncilforMutual Economic AssistanceCOSTECH TanzaniaCommissionforScience and TechnologyCPI ConsumerpriceindexCV CoefficientofvariationCYTD ... 161TableA10.7 Commonbodyofissuesforcomparison 161Free download from www.hsrcpress.ac.za PreparedfortheDepartmentofScienceandTechnologyandtheOrganisationforEconomicCo -operation andDevelopment (OECD) bytheCentreforScience,TechnologyandInnovationIndicators(CeSTII)intheKnowledgeSystemsProgrammeoftheHumanSciencesResearchCouncilPublishedonbehalfoftheDepartmentofScienceandTechnology.PublishedbyarrangementwiththeOECD.TheopinionsexpressedandargumentsemployedhereindonotnecessarilyreflecttheofficialviewsoftheOrganisationorofthegovernmentsofitsmembercountries.PublishedbyHSRCPressPrivateBagX9182,CapeTown,8000,SouthAfricawww.hsrcpress.ac.zaâ2006HumanSciencesResearchCouncilFirstpublished2006Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedorutilisedinanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,includingphotocopyingandrecording,orinanyinformationstorageorretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublishers.ISBN0-7969-2062-1CopyeditedbyRobynArnoldTypesetbyRobinTaylorCoverbyFarmDesignPrintmanagementbycomPressDistributedinAfricabyBlueWeaverSpecialistPublishersRepresentativesPOBox30370,Tokai,CapeTown,7966,SouthAfricaTel:+27(0)21701-4477Fax:+27(0)21701-7302email:orders@blueweaver .co. zawww.oneworldbooks.comDistributedinEuropeandtheUnitedKingdombyEurospanDistributionServices(EDS)3HenriettaStreet,CoventGarden,London,WC2E8LU,UnitedKingdomTel:+44(0)2072400856Fax:+44(0)2073790609email:orders@edspubs .co. ukwww.eurospanonline.comDistributedinNorthAmericabyIndependentPublishersGroup(IPG)OrderDepartment,814NorthFranklinStreet,Chicago,IL60610,USACalltoll-free:(800)8884741Allotherenquiries:+1(312)3370747Fax:+1(312)3375985email:frontdesk@ipgbook.comwww.ipgbook.comFree...
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