Policy-makers who have used TARGET report that they have found it very helpful in determining the best policies to implement according to the local context and capabilitiesĪdaptive Governance of Innovative Technology (AGIT) is based on extensive longitudinal research on innovation in a number of areas of the life sciences (pharmaceuticals, agro-biotechnology, biofuels, human stem-cell therapies). TARGET was developed and tested by applying it in retrospective case studies of the development of biotechnology in five regions/small countries, which have had varying degrees of success in biotech (Israel, North Carolina, the Øresund `region' of Denmark/Sweden, Scotland and Singapore) and then applied `in real time' in collaboration with policy makers in Galicia (Spain), Lithuania and Slovenia, and in France's Direction générale de la compétitivité (Rosiello, A. TARGET then helps policy-makers identify both the strategic and the tactical decisions that need to be taken to give those innovation processes a realistic chance of successfully coming to fruition.
TARGET is a systematic methodology for mapping a) the strengths and weaknesses of the existing innovation system in a given region/country and sector, and b) the stages of the innovation process that key developments within that sector have reached. Targeted R&D Policy (TARGET) is designed to support policy-makers in Europe's regions and smaller countries, who face increasing pressure to be selective in their funding of R&D but with little existing effective guidance or resources to help them do this wisely. Users of all three frameworks in both government and companies have testified to the way in which they have led to improved decision-making. Innogen’s research on life-science innovation, its regulation and governance has led to three systemic frameworks with which to conduct `action research' with decision-makers in government and companies: TARGET, which supports regional R&D policy-making AGIT, which focuses on improving policy and regulation for life-science innovation and STRATIS, which allows decision-makers in companies to take a systemic approach to decision making in innovation processes.
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