Parveen Arora

Activating National System of Innovation: introducing the concept of innovation circle in the enterprise innovation system - p15-18

The National System of Innovation (NSI) is a powerful concept that has significantly influenced the
science and technology policy for the last four decades. The present article re-examines the concept
of NSI and suggests that it has no internal dynamics that activate NSI. With reference to the disconnect between the production system and the innovation support system in Indian NSI (as underscored in the Indian National Innovation Survey), the article suggests that the trigger that can
activate NSI is demand from the enterprises. The focus, therefore, should be on the Enterprise System of
Innovation, a micro replica of NSI. This article introduces the concept of the innovation circle as a
mode of inculcating the culture of innovation within an enterprise, thereby stimulating demand and
activating NSI


Culture of innovation
enterprise
innovation circle
science and technology