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Scerri Statistics฀has฀helped฀determine฀the฀form฀of฀laws฀about฀society and the฀character฀of฀ social฀facts.฀It฀has฀engendered฀concepts and classifications฀within฀the฀human฀sci- ences.฀Moreover฀the฀collection฀of฀statistics฀has฀created,฀at฀the฀least,฀a฀great฀bureau- cratic฀machinery.฀It฀may฀think฀of฀itself฀as฀providing฀only฀information,฀but฀it฀is฀ itself฀part฀of฀the฀technology฀of฀power฀in฀the฀modern฀state.฀(Hacking฀1991:181) This฀book฀emerged฀from฀the฀seminar฀on฀the฀Measurement฀of฀Innovation฀Activities฀in฀ Organisation฀for Economic Co- operation and Development (OECD) and non -OECD countries that฀was฀held฀in฀South฀Africa฀in฀2001.฀The฀motivation฀for฀that฀forum฀was฀the฀ recognised฀need฀to฀address฀a฀new and exciting฀phenomenon฀in฀the฀area฀of economic policy฀formulation.฀The฀landmarks฀of฀this฀phenomenon฀were฀the฀publication฀of฀the฀1992฀ Oslo฀Manual and the฀new฀Eurostat฀Community฀Innovation฀Survey฀(CIS).฀These฀events฀ marked฀a฀notable฀rupture฀in฀the฀placement฀of฀innovation฀within฀macroeconomic฀policy฀ formulation.฀This฀rupture฀resulted฀in฀a฀shift฀of฀innovation฀theory฀(offering,฀as฀it฀does,฀what฀ may฀well฀be฀one฀of฀the฀more฀formidable฀challenges฀to฀the฀neoclassical฀account฀of economic growth)฀from฀the฀realms฀of฀a฀theoretical฀debate฀to฀praxis.฀In฀a฀way,฀the฀paradigm฀shift฀that฀ had฀occurred฀in฀theory,฀with฀the฀emergence฀of฀evolutionary฀economics and innovation฀ theory,฀now฀became฀manifest฀in฀a฀corresponding฀shift฀in฀the฀nature฀of฀the฀statistical฀tool฀of฀ (political) economic governance. Innovation฀theory฀had฀‘arrived’, and its฀legitimacy฀was฀further฀ratified฀in฀a฀later OECD document฀ (OECD 1997)฀that฀explicitly฀articulated฀the฀theoretical฀foundation฀of฀this฀ new฀type฀of฀survey,฀which฀had฀gone฀far฀beyond฀the฀previous฀data฀gathering฀on฀research฀ and development in OECD member countries. ฀The฀rupture฀marked฀a฀departure฀from฀ an economic planning฀framework฀wherein฀the฀science and technology฀(S&T)฀sector฀was฀ incorporated฀in฀the฀orthodox฀neoclassical฀model฀to฀an฀innovation฀theory-based฀approach฀ to฀growth฀that฀fundamentally฀challenges฀this฀model.฀It฀redirected฀the฀analysis฀of฀the฀role฀ of฀technology, and of฀innovation฀in฀general,฀in฀the฀growth฀of฀nations,฀away฀from฀residual฀ analysis฀to฀the฀mainstream.฀This฀rupture฀thus฀arose฀from฀two฀linked฀developments.฀The฀first฀ was฀the฀increasingly฀apparent฀importance฀of฀innovation฀in฀the฀growth and development of฀economies,฀especially฀in฀the฀latter฀part฀of฀the฀twentieth฀century.฀The฀second฀was฀the฀ realisation฀that฀the฀essentially฀static฀analytical฀framework฀of฀mainstream฀neoclassical฀theory฀ was฀ill฀suited฀for฀the฀analysis฀of฀the economic role฀of฀innovation.฀These฀two฀developments฀ provided฀what฀one฀may฀call฀the฀political฀basis,฀the฀motive฀force,฀for฀the฀emergence฀of฀the฀ new฀survey. The development of฀a฀new฀survey,฀seeking฀new฀data and new฀ways฀of฀organising฀ information,฀is฀no฀light฀matter, and the฀significance฀of฀a฀new฀survey฀is฀obviously฀most฀ pronounced฀when฀it฀reflects฀a฀shift฀in฀the฀theoretical฀base,฀in฀this฀case฀from฀neoclassical฀to฀ evolutionary฀theory.฀The฀scope฀of฀surveys฀that฀are฀adopted฀by฀governments฀is฀anchored฀in฀ governance, and the development of฀such฀surveys฀is฀thus฀fundamentally฀different฀from฀the฀ normal฀process฀of฀academic฀enquiry.฀There฀is฀always฀an฀inevitable฀reciprocal฀relationship฀ between฀the฀object฀of฀enquiry and the฀mode฀of฀enquiry,฀but฀in฀the฀case฀of฀official฀surveys,฀ Free ... Community฀Innovation฀Survey CMEA฀ ฀ Council฀for฀Mutual Economic Assistance COMECON฀ Council฀for฀Mutual Economic Assistance COSTECH฀ Tanzania฀Commission฀for฀Science and Technology CPI฀ ฀ Consumer฀price฀index CV฀ ฀฀ Coefficient฀of฀variation CYTD฀ ... 161 Table฀A10.7฀ Common฀body฀of฀issues฀for฀comparison฀ 161 Free download from www.hsrcpress.ac.za PreparedfortheDepartmentofScienceandTechnologyandtheOrganisationforEconomicCo -operation andDevelopment (OECD) bytheCentreforScience,TechnologyandInnovationIndicators(CeSTII)inthe KnowledgeSystemsProgrammeoftheHumanSciencesResearchCouncil PublishedonbehalfoftheDepartmentofScienceandTechnology. PublishedbyarrangementwiththeOECD.Theopinionsexpressedandargumentsemployedhereindonot necessarilyreflecttheofficialviewsoftheOrganisationorofthegovernmentsofitsmembercountries. 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