| AutorIn 1: | ||||
| Godin, Benoît | ||||
| Titel: | ||||
| The Linear Model of Innovation. The Historical Construction of an Analytical Framework | ||||
| Verlag: | ||||
| Sage Publications | ||||
| Jahr: | ||||
| 2006 | ||||
| Zeitschrift: | ||||
| Science, Technology, & Human Values, Volume 31 Number 6 - November 2006 | ||||
| Seiten: | ||||
| 639-667 | ||||
| Abstract: | ||||
| "(...) One of the first (conceptual) frameworks developed for understanding the rela-tion of science and
technology to the economy has been the linear model ofinnovation. The model postulated that
innovation starts with basic research, isfollowed by applied research and development, and ends with
production anddiffusion. The precise source of the model remains nebulous, having neverbeen
documented. Several authors who have used, improved, or criticized themodel in the past fifty years rarely
acknowledged or cited any original source.The model usually was taken for granted. According to
others, however, itcomes directly from V. Bush’s Science: The Endless Frontier([1945] 1995).This
article traces the history of the linear model, suggesting that it developedin three steps corresponding to
three scientific communities looking at scienceanalytically. The article argues that statistics is a main reason
the model is stillalive despite criticisms, alternatives, and having been proclaimed dead. (...)" [linear model of innovation; basic research; innovation; statistics;science policy] | ||||
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