List of Contributors. Preface. Introduction; C. Edquist, et al. 1. Public Technology Procurement and Innovation Theory; C. Edquist, L. Hommen. Overview of Case Studies; C. Edquist, et al. 2. Public Technology Procurement in Sweden: The X2000 High Speed Train; C. Edquist, et al. 3. Procuring Products and Power: Developing International Competitiveness in Swedish Electrotechnology and Electric Power; M. Fridlund. 4. A Case Study of the Swedish Public Technology Procurement Project `The Computer in the School' (COMPIS), 1981-1988; T. Kaiserveld. 5. Switching Relations and Trajectories: The Development Procurement of the AXE Swedish Switching Technology; M. Fridlund. 6. Industrial Transformation through Public Technology Procurement? The Case of Nokia and the Finnish Telecommunications Industry; C. Palmberg. 7. Public Technology Procurement: The Case of Digital Switching Systems in France; P. Llerena, et al. 8. Public Technology Procurement: The Case of Digital Switching Systems in Italy; P. Llerena, et al. 9. Public Technology Procurement: The Case of Digital Switching Systems in Greece; L. Tsipouri. 10. On Implementing the Austrian Computerised Digital Switching System (OES); M. Husz. 11. Analysis, Findings and Conclusions; C. Edquist, et al. 12. Policy Implications; C. Edquist, et al.

Public Technology Procurement and Innovation studies public technology procurement as an instrument of innovation policy. In the past few years, public technology procurement has been a relatively neglected topic in the theoretical and research literature on the economics of innovation. Similarly, preoccupation with `supply-side' measures has led policy-makers to avoid making very extensive use of this important `demand-side' instrument. These trends have been especially pronounced in the European Union. There, as this book will argue, existing legislation governing public procurement presents obstacles to the use of public technology procurement as a means of stimulating and supporting technological innovation. Recently, however, there has been a gradual re-awakening of practical interest in such measures among policy-makers in the EU and elsewhere. For these and other related measures, this volume aims to contribute to a serious reconsideration of public technology procurement from the complementary standpoints of innovation theory and innovation policy.