Around the world, policymakers are demanding new ways to measure innovation.
Existing innovation metrics constrain policymakers by reinforcing a linear model of innovation that bears little relation to the innovation that is most relevant to the modern UK economy.
Traditional metrics fail to adequately capture innovation in services, the public sector and the creative industries, or new trends in open and user-led innovation.
Published
July 2008
Author
NESTA
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