A knowledge-based perspective on system weaknesses in technological innovation systems

作者：Frishammar, Johan^*; Soderholm, Patrik; Hellsmark, Hans; Mos**erg, Johanna

来源：Science and Public Policy, 2019, 46(1): 55-70.

DOI：10.1093/scipol/scy037

• technological innovation system
• system weakness
• uncertainty
• complexity
• equivocality
• ambiguity

The literature on technological innovation systems (TIS) provides policymakers and other actors with a scheme of analysis to identify system weaknesses. In doing so, TIS analysis centres on which system weaknesses policy interventions should target to promote further development of a particular system. However, prior TIS literature has not sufficiently elaborated on what may constitute the conceptual roots of a 'weakness'. We apply a knowledge-based perspective and propose that many-albeit not all-system weaknesses may root in four types of knowledge problems: uncertainty, complexity, equivocality, and ambiguity. Employing these as sensitizing concepts, we study system weaknesses by analysing data from a biorefinery TIS in Sweden. This analysis results in novel implications for the TIS literature and for achieving a better match between system weaknesses and the design of innovation policies.

• 出版日期2019-2
• 单位浙江大学