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Nature 454, 940-941 (21 August 2008) | doi:10.1038/454940a; Published online 20 August 2008
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Innovation policy: not just a jumbo shrimp
David H. Guston1
- David H. Guston directs the Center for Nanotechnology in Society, co-directs the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes and is Professor of Political Science at Arizona State University, Tempe, 85287, Arizona, USA.
Email: david.guston@asu.edu
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Policies that predict and direct innovative research might seem to be a practical impossibility, says David H. Guston, but social sciences point to a solution.
Innovation policy could be seen as an oxymoron. Like an 'open secret', or 'jumbo shrimp' — which the late comedian George Carlin compared to 'military intelligence' — the words just don't go together.
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