Institutional change and innovation system transformation : a tale of two academies
Karaulova, Maria and Shackleton, Oliver and Liu, Weishu and Gӧk, Abdullah and Shapira, Philip (2017) Institutional change and innovation system transformation : a tale of two academies. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 116. pp. 196-207. ISSN 0040-1625 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2016.10.018)
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Abstract
This paper investigates interactions between institutional adaptation and the transformation of science and innovation systems by analysing change and adjustment in post-socialist science academies. Two leading examples are examined: the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS). A heuristic framework of institutional change markers is applied to the analysis of nanotechnology research in both countries. We draw on bibliometric sources, interviews and secondary sources. We find that while the two Academies share a common past as the dominant research agents in their respective systems, their current positions and trajectories now differ. The nanotechnology case shows that CAS has adapted to China’s modernisation, engaged in central government policy initiatives, and interacted with other research performers. CAS remains central to the Chinese research system, and has rejuvenated and expanded its resource base. RAS, on the contrary, has taken a protectionist stance: it still dominates the Russian research system and has a strong nanotechnology position, enforced by its gatekeeper control over journal publication. Nevertheless, RAS has faced difficulties in internal modernisation, leading to the external imposition of reforms and further role diminishment. The paper offers comparative insights into processes of institutional adaptation and highlights how key institutions can influence system transition.
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Karaulova, Maria, Shackleton, Oliver, Liu, Weishu, Gӧk, Abdullah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9378-3336 and Shapira, Philip;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 64371 Dates: DateEvent31 March 2017Published13 November 2016Published Online18 October 2016AcceptedSubjects: Social Sciences Department: Strathclyde Business School > Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Innovation Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 07 Jun 2018 15:48 Last modified: 28 Sep 2024 13:57 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/64371