Handbook of Innovation Indicators and Measurement

‘Professors Gault, Arundel and Kraemer-Mbula have edited an excellent volume of pertinent and timely articles on indicators of innovation and the challenges of measurement. Their work, and that of their collaborators, is of particular significance as humanity is confronted by a multiplicity of interconnected and interdependent contradictions, crises and catastrophes resulting from at least two and a half centuries of combined, uneven and inequitable development in world systems. The need for creatively destroying our shared futures has never been more urgent and as well supported internationally. As we advance further into the 21st century of our common era, it is becoming increasingly apparent to all that the current structural and institutional models of development require urgent critique and transformation. The three editors together with their nearly 37 chapter authors have collated an important and useful guide to the measurement of creative destruction and have further engaged with some of the key challenges emanating from the praxis of innovation management and support. The book is organised in eight parts and 23 chapters. The book covers aspects of innovation policy that were often excluded by other mainstream analysis but that have especially grown in importance in the last two decades. I wholeheartedly endorse the book, and sincerely recommend it to all students, scholars and policy-workers involved in innovation studies as well as those seeking to better understand the contemporary conjuncture framed in the discourses of development.’
– Rasigan Maharajh, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa

‘This Handbook provides invaluable insights into the constantly broadening scope of innovation. Presenting debates on both innovation indicators and measurement, the book provides both detailed and comprehensive advice on the design, use and assessment of innovation measurement. A thought-provoking read for innovation researchers and practitioners.’
– Jari Kuusisto, University of Vaasa, Finland

Contributors include: Gulnara, Abdrakhmanova, Anthony Arundel, Claudia De Fuentes, Valentina De Marchi, Jeroen J. de Jong, E. Louise Earl, Sévérin Ekpe, Konstantin Fursov, Fred Gault, Stefanie Gesierich, Leonid Gokhberg, Hugo Hollanders, Kaye Husbands Fealing, Tomohiro Ijichi, Aubrey DeVeny Incorvaia, John E. Jankowski, René Kemp, Audry E. Kindlon, Jeff Kinder, Peter Knorringa, Almamy Konté, Erika Kraemer-Mbula, Edward Lorenz, Diana MacCallum, Frank Moulaert, Anne Jørgensen Nordli, Kieran O’Brien, Bettina Peters, Maria Alejandra Pineda-Escobar, Christian Rammer, Fernanda Reichert, Vitaliy Roud, Londa Schiebinger, R. Sandra Schillo, Pierre Schoonraad, Ekaterina Streltsova, Konstantin Vishnevskiy, Eric von Hippel, Timothy R. Wojan