This publication is definitely a wonderful introduction for starters who have hardly any experience or have just launched their studies on technology and innovation policies. For readers with related background foundation or expertise and who want to extend their professional knowledge in this field, this publication must be an ideally enlightening resources and will serve as an inspiring guide for future explorations. Overall, this book will significantly help the readers gain a profound comprehension of the relationship between technology and innovation policies from an international perspective. -- Yuan Ren, International Journal of Knowledge-Based Organizations A must-read, this book opens the discussion on the important differences between the purposes of technology policy and innovation policy. It walks the reader from the definitions of innovation and technology, to concrete exploration and reflections on how technology policy influences innovation policy. -- Sara Amoroso, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Spain 'This book raises a key problem. Why is technology policy more effective in some countries than in others? And it provides an articulated reply: the effectiveness of technology policies depends upon their ability to implement a ''Technology policy ecosystem'' that empowers the interdependence of the different elements of each system and their sequential interaction in the innovation process. Scholars, students, managers and policy makers should read it carefully.' -- Cristiano Antonelli, University of Torino and Collegio Carlo Alberto, Italy
