Pre-commercial procurement: a demand or supply policy instrument in relation to innovation?
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Summary, in English
In 2006 the European Commission introduced the concept of "Pre-Commercial Procurement" as an instrument to promote innovation and to mitigate grand challenges. One of the main motives for the support of Pre-Commercial Procurement schemes was to use public needs as a driver for innovation. This concept was also introduced as a response to the need to reinforce the innovation capabilities of the EU, while improving the quality and efficiency of public services.
But what is meant by Pre-Commercial Procurement? Is it a demand or a supply side instrument in relation to innovation? This is the research question addressed in this paper, the goal being motivated by the lack of academic discussion in this direction.
The paper is based on three cases, one from the Netherlands, one from the UK and one from Australia. These cases provide evidence that PCP is a matter of R&D funding of a targeted kind, geared towards very specific goals and in a focused way. This leads the authors to conclude that PCP is a supply-side policy instrument in relation to innovation. In this sense, they would like to raise a flag for going back to the origins of the PCP program and calling it a “pre-
competitive R&D program”, rather than labeling it as an innovation
procurement instrument.
But what is meant by Pre-Commercial Procurement? Is it a demand or a supply side instrument in relation to innovation? This is the research question addressed in this paper, the goal being motivated by the lack of academic discussion in this direction.
The paper is based on three cases, one from the Netherlands, one from the UK and one from Australia. These cases provide evidence that PCP is a matter of R&D funding of a targeted kind, geared towards very specific goals and in a focused way. This leads the authors to conclude that PCP is a supply-side policy instrument in relation to innovation. In this sense, they would like to raise a flag for going back to the origins of the PCP program and calling it a “pre-
competitive R&D program”, rather than labeling it as an innovation
procurement instrument.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2015-03-08
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
147-160
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
R & D Management
Volym
45
Issue
2
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Wiley-Blackwell
Ämne
- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Nyckelord
- Demand
- Pre-Commercial procurement
- R&D
- Supply
- Innovation policy
- innovation
- innovation studies
- system of innovation
- procurement
- economics of innovation
- science policy
- technology policy
- industrial policy
- innovation management
- management of innovation
- industrial economics
- economic growth
- economic development
- institutional economics
- innovation system
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1467-9310