Editors Edquist, Vonortas, Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, and Edler present students, academics, researchers, and professionals working in a variety of contexts with a collection of academic essays
and scholarly articles focused on public procurement for innovation (PPI) as a demand-side public policy instrument and its use in a variety of international contexts. The editors have
organized the eleven contributions that make up the main body of the text in two sections devoted to the conceptual framework of PPI and case studies in PPI. Charles Edquist is a faculty member
of Lund University, Sweden. Nicholas S. Vonortas is a faculty member of The George Washington University, Washington D.C. Jon Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia is a faculty member of the University
of Deusto, Spain. Jakob Edler is a faculty member of the University of Manchester, UK. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)