Innovation Policy and Governance in High-Tech Industries

1. Innovation Policy and High-Tech Development: An Introduction
Johannes M. Bauer, Achim Lang, Volker Schneider

2. Institutions and Systems: Analysing Technical Innovation Processes from an Institutional Perspective
Raymund Werle

3. Ecologies of Games Shaping Large Technical Systems: Cases from Telecommunications to the Internet
William H. Dutton, Volker Schneider, Thierry Vedel

4. The Mass Media as Actors in Innovation Systems
Annie Waldherr

5. Entrepreneurship and Government in U.S. High-Tech Policy
Johannes M. Bauer

6. Innovation Switzerland: A Particular Kind of Excellence
Beat Hotz-Hart

7. The Politics of Innovation: Analysing Inter-organisational Networks Around German Innovation Policy Advisory Bodies
Matthias Orlowski

8. Power Games in Space: The German High-Tech Strategy and European Space Policy
Johannes Weyer, Volker Schneider

9. Global Strategies and Policy Arrangements: Institutional Drivers for Innovation in the Wind Turbine Industry
Karsten Ronit

10. From Niche to Mass Markets in High Technology: The Case of Photovoltaics in Germany
Gerhard Fuchs, Sandra Wassermann

11. Governance of Large Innovation Projects: The Implementation of the Electronic Health Card in Germany
Achim Lang, Alexander Mertes

12. A Paradigm Change in Innovation Policies? Assessing the Causes and Consequences of Embryo Research Laws
Simon Fink

13. Innovation Policy and High-Tech Development: Conclusions
Achim Lang, Volker Schneider, Johannes M. Bauer

Keywords: Economics/Management Science, R & D/Technology Policy, Innovation/Technology Management, Political Science, general