Science,innovation, and public services: editorial introduction |
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Authors: | Stefano Clò Massimo Florio |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Economics and management, University of Florence, Florence, Italystefano.clo@unifi.ithttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2901-7458;3. Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods, University of Milan, Milan, Italyhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9315-3580 |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACTThe quality of public services is critically influenced by innovation and, ultimately, by advances in basic research, which however embeds the feature of a global public good. Two broad issues emerge. The first concerns the evaluation of the socio-economic impact of science. What are the benefits and spillovers that R&D investments, research infrastructures and big science can bring to society? The second concerns which type of institutions and policies are most suitable for supporting R&D activities. These topics discussed in this article represent the core of the special issue “Innovation and Public Services: from the lab to enterprises and citizens” |
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Keywords: | Big science innovation policies socio-economic impact of science |
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