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INHERENT (AND COMMON) BIASES
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Techno centric conceptions of social and institutional change
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High technology and science intensive processes are considered to be the
goal
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Focus on novelty
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Lone inventor hero as a mythical figure ( big influence on the definition and
the symbol of success)
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Outcomes are not automatically produced in STI interventions
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Reticence about risk and uncertainty and the contrast with the requirement
for policy to use committal language
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De-emphasis on ethical dimensions
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Mindset and several other cultural, psychological and societal dimensions of
innovation do not receive adequate attention
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Insistence on standard metrics for measuring innovation outcomes and
impact