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Title Science, technology, and innovation in Chile / James Mullin [and others]
Published Ottawa, ON, Canada : International Development Research Centre, [2000]
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Description 1 online resource (xx, 149 pages) : illustrations
Contents Contents -- Foreword -- Executive summary -- Origins of the study -- Formal terms of reference -- The use of the “functions of a national system of innovation� as a policy framework -- CONICYT and policy development -- Policy issues emerging from the review -- Background to the study -- I. Introduction -- Origins of the study -- Formal terms of reference for the study -- Structure of the report -- II. Methodology -- General approach -- Use of the “functions of a national system of innovation� as a policy framework
The concept of “stakeholders� in a national system of innovationStructure of the interview set -- Limitations in the interview set -- III. An overview of Chile�s national system of innovation -- Policy, resource allocation, and regulatory processes -- IV. Governmental processes for science, technology, and innovation policy formulation -- Financing mechanisms within the national system of innovation -- V. CONICYT, FONDECYT, and FONDEF -- CONICYT and the context for evaluating its main funding instruments -- FONDECYT -- FONDEF
CONICYT and its responsibility for policy developmentVI. Other financing bodies -- Funds coordinated by PIT -- Scholarships -- Funding from the business sector -- Funding by regional governments -- Performance within the national system of innovation -- VII. Principal science and technology institutions of the national system of innovation -- The universities -- Technological institutes -- Firms in the private and public sectors -- Human resource development -- VIII. The development and use of human resources in the national system of innovation
Learning and the national system of innovationThe challenges of human resource development in Chile -- Training and the role of technical colleges -- Introducing new technological skills into enterprises -- The availability of research management skills -- Rejuvenation of the research community -- The Ministry of Education�s program on quality and equity in higher education -- Infrastructure -- IX. Institutions providing the infrastructure for the national system of innovation -- Standards and metrology -- Intellectual property
Telecommunications and Internet infrastructureLibraries -- Major facilities for big science � the observatories -- Analysis of issues within the national system of innovation -- X. Emerging issues -- Institutional governance -- The need for prioritization -- Technology for small- and medium-scale enterprises -- Promoting an Innovation “culture� in Chile -- Support for the social sciences -- Health research -- XI. An innovation policy agenda for Chile -- A first discussion of the findings -- Introduction -- The sessions -- Concluding remarks
Notes Title from e-book title screen (viewed October 15, 2007)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-149)
Notes English
Subject Science and state -- Chile
Technology and state -- Chile
Technological innovations -- Chile
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Structural Adjustment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- General.
Science and state
Technological innovations
Technology and state
CIENCIA Y ESTADO -- CHILE.
TECNOLOGIA Y ESTADO -- CHILE.
INNOVACIONES TECNOLOGICAS -- CHILE.
Chile
Form Electronic book
Author Mullin, James, 1939-
International Development Research Centre (Canada), issuing body.
LC no. 00702665
ISBN 1552503151
9781552503157
9780889369115
0889369119
1280849908
9781280849909
9786610849901
6610849900