Abstract

FINQUELIEVICH, Susana  and  FELDMAN, Patricio. Innovación y ciudades en la sociedad de la información: Ciencia, tecnología y políticas públicas. Cuad. urbano [online]. 2015, vol.18, n.18, pp.169-191. ISSN 1853-3655.

The main goal of this paper is to analyze the relationships between cities and processes of productive innovation centered around information and communication technologies (ICT). Which are the possible methodologies to evaluate and measure innovation? This paper describes the theoretical frameworks on the indicator systems that intend to measure the production of innovations in enterprises, Universities, local governments, civil society organizations, and specifically, on the interrelations among these agents. The research uses systems of innovation measurement according to national and international indicators, and proposes indicators to analyze, measure and compare innovation processes in urban areas. The research methodology is quantitative as well as qualitative. The case studies are three cities in the Buenos Aires Province which have universities, Technological Poles, and which develop R+D+I activities in ICT -based goods and services: La Plata, Bahía Blanca and Tandil.

Keywords : Science and Technology - Socio-technical innovation - Multistakeholder networks - In-novation indicators.

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