In defence of the linear model: An essay
In defence of the linear model: An essay
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DOI：
10.1016/j.respol.2009.09.013
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发表时间：
2010-02-01
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影响因子：
7.2
通讯作者：
Orsenigo, Luigi
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作者：
Balconi, Margherita;Brusoni, Stefano;Orsenigo, Luigi
本文讨论了所谓的创新线性模型（LM）的优点和缺点。这是对批评它过于简单化、机械化或完全错误的习惯的反应。我们认为，虽然有些批评当然是有根据的，但许多其他批评是基于松散的解释和毫无根据的假设。为了区分小麦和谷壳，本文首先对线性模型进行了全面的描述，并将其与许多人提到的漫画区别开来。其次，我们讨论了提出的主要批评，并认为其中许多是不是在所有的破坏性，但可以很容易地接受一个完善的LM版本。第三，我们讨论的政策含义往往来自（或说是来自）LM认为LM本身是独特的政策中立。必须加上其他假设，以证明其他政策影响的合理性。(C)2009 Elsevier B.V.保留所有权利。
This essay discusses the strength and weaknesses of the so-called linear model (LM) of innovation. It is a reaction to the habit of criticising it as over simplistic, mechanistic, or simply blatantly wrong. We argue that, while some criticisms are of course well grounded, many others are instead based on loose interpretations and unwarranted assumptions. In order to separate the wheat from the chaff, this essay first presents a comprehensive description of the linear model and differentiates it from the caricature many refer to. Second, we discuss the main criticisms put forward and argue that many of them are not at all destructive, but can be easily accepted within a refined version of the LM. Third, we discuss the policy implications often derived (or said to derive) from the LM to argue that the LM itself is distinctively policy-neutral. Other assumptions have to be added to justify alternative policy implications. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.