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Ruud Smits
Researcher at Utrecht University
Publications - 54
Citations - 6055
Ruud Smits is an academic researcher from Utrecht University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Innovation system & Innovation management. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 54 publications receiving 5583 citations.
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Functions of innovation systems: A new approach for analysing technological change
TL;DR: It is described that the emergence of a new innovation system and changes in existing innovation systems co-evolve with the process of technological change, and a method for systematically mapping those processes taking place in innovation systems and resulting in technological change is proposed.
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The rise of systemic instruments in innovation policy
Ruud Smits,Stefan Kuhlmann +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify five functions that play crucial roles in the management of present-day innovation processes: (1) management of interfaces, (2) (de-)construction and organizing (innovation) systems, (3) providing a platform for learning and experimenting, (4) providing an infrastructure for strategic intelligence and stimulating demand articulation, strategy and vision development.
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Roles of Systemic Intermediaries in Transition Processes
TL;DR: In this article, the authors use the Systems of Innovation approach to characterize the roles of traditional and systemic intermediary organizations, and point out the need for more systemic efforts, such as the articulation of needs and options, the alignment of relevant actors and the support of learning processes.
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Explaining the failure of the Dutch innovation system for biomass digestion : A functional analysis
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors apply the "functions of innovation systems" framework to analyze the role of government policy in both inducing and blocking the development of biomass energy conversion in the Netherlands.
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Innovation studies in the 21st century
TL;DR: In this article, a discussion of the concept of innovation, changes in three major developments in the context of innovation processes are analysed: structural changes in our economy, the broadening of decision-making processes and the emergence of the network society, and changes in the knowledge infrastructure.