Abstract
Innovation is nowadays at the forefront of the policy agenda in Latin America to foster economic development and social equality. In this paper, it is stated that the process of incorporating innovation policies into the public agenda could be described as a mimetic translation of concepts and instruments generated abroad, without a complete diagnosis of the local conditions, opportunities and constraints. Innovation policy in Latin America is characterized as process of adapting instruments designed for dynamic economies with a strong demand for new practical knowledge, to the context of economies with a lack of entrepreneurs and a lot of people under the line of poverty. As a consequence, innovation policies have been assumed as a new name for the old science and technology policies and by these means paradoxically reinforcing instead of replacing the so-called linear model of science policy. This paper also contends that innovation could facilitate the path to fairer societies, but for that to be possible innovation policy requires new theoretical frames and concepts.
Highlights
Innovation is nowadays at the forefront of the policy agenda in Latin America to foster economic development and social equality
No es llamativo que a nivel político la innovación adquiriera tanto prestigio y despertara tanto interés en América Latina, ya que la realidad mostraba que los empresarios innovadores eran manifiestamente escasos y las estrategias de desarrollo económico indicaban la necesidad de contar con ellos en mayor número
Vence Deza, X. (1995); Economía de la innovación y del cambio tecnológico; Siglo XXI de España Editores, Madrid
Summary
La innovación está hoy en el centro de las políticas que los países de América Latina aplican para impulsar el desarrollo y la equidad. En este trabajo se afirma que hubo una traslación mimética de políticas e instrumentos creados en economías en las que existe una fuerte demanda de nuevos conocimientos a contextos económicos en los que tal demanda es muy escasa o nula y la sociedad tiene un amplio sector de su población con necesidades básicas insatisfechas. Se afirma que una consecuencia de ello es que fueron asimiladas a las tradicionales políticas de ciencia y tecnología fortaleciendo, paradójicamente, el viejo modelo lineal al que se denostaba. Se afirma que la dinámica de la innovación puede allanar el camino a la equidad social, pero para que ello sea posible probablemente se requieran nuevos desarrollos teóricos y marcos conceptuales
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