Innovation policy: not just a jumbo shrimp (original) (raw)

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Policies that predict and direct innovative research might seem to be a practical impossibility, says David H. Guston, but social sciences point to a solution.

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  1. David H. Guston directs the Center for Nanotechnology in Society, co-directs the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes and is Professor of Political Science at Arizona State University, Tempe, 85287, Arizona, USA. david.guston@asu.edu ,
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Guston, D. Innovation policy: not just a jumbo shrimp.Nature 454, 940–941 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/454940a

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