Table of Contents

Section A Understanding Systemic Innovation1. Introduction - Basic Concepts and Relationships2. Innovation Ecosystems - A Systems-Based Theory of Innovation3. The Role of Paradigms in Understanding Transformative Innovation4. Innovation Organization and Governance Around the World5. Factors Influencing Innovation Ecosystem Success/Failure6. The Role and Importance of Innovation Spillovers7. Innovation Monitoring and Data Collection8. The Role of Intellectual Property Rights in Promoting Company and Ecosystem-Level Innovation9. Economic and Financial Aspects of Innovation10. The Punctuated Transformation of Public and Private Sector Involvement in (Transport) Innovation11. The Role of Individual Leaders in Innovation Ecosystems12. Overall Conclusions and Lessons Learned

Section B Case StudiesI. Germany - The Berlin/ Adlershof Science and Innovation City: A Case Study of the Structure and Operation in a Major Innovation Ecosystem ElementII. Germany - The German Aeronautics, Space, and Transport Center - DLR: A Case of "Technology Marketing" for Innovation Production at Company LevelIII. Greece - The Athens University of Economics and Business: A Case of a Higher Education Institution Acting as Innovation and Entrepreneurial HubIV. Israel - A Case of Market-Driven National Innovation SystemV. P.R. China - A Case of Centrally Driven National Innovation SystemVI. UK - The Transport Catapult: A Case of Government Initiated Company-Level InnovationVII. US - Silicon Valley: A Regional Innovation Ecosystem With World Reach and Impact VIII. US - Denver, Colorado: A Case of an Emerging Regional Transportation Innovation EcosystemIX. US - The Role of Individuals in the Creation and Sustainability of Innovation EcosystemsX. US, EU, China, and Japan - The Role of Public and Private Sector Investment in EVs, AVs, and AI Innovation

Section C Annexes1. Summary Descriptions of RTD&I Public Governance and Organizational Regimes in Countries Around the World 2. Inducing Exploitation of Research Results - How to Make Better Use of RTD Project and Program Results?3. Key Innovations That Formed Important External Spillovers for Transport Related Innovation4. Results of RTD Evaluation Studies

About the Author

George Giannopoulos is a transportation planner, professor emeritus of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and corresponding member of the Academy of Athens. He is the founder and Director for 15 years of the Hellenic Institute of Transport (HIT/CERTH) and has participated in more than 200 studies and research projects in the Transport field in most of which as coordinator. He has served in many positions of responsibility in various international Organizations and the European Union such as: chairing for many years the Transport Advisory Group of the European Commission’s Directorate General for Research Technological Development and Innovation; co-chairing for six years the US TRB’s standing Committee on International Cooperation; chairing for six years the European Conference of Transport Research Institutes (ECTRI); chairing for four years the European Transport Research Alliance (ETRA); and various others. He has also been visiting or adjunct Professor in several Universities outside his home country. His fields of interest include transportation planning, transport policy, research governance, research implementation - innovation, international transport research cooperation. He has published more than 250 articles in scientific journals and Conferences as well as 12 books. John F. Munro received his PhD in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles. He is an associate professor in the Graduate Environmental Management Program at the University of Maryland, University College. His specializations include the role of innovations in promoting environmental sustainability, livability, and resilience; as well as the development of theories of adaption during periods of punctuated biophysical and institutional change. He previously served as a social scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and as the Small Business Innovation Research Program Manager for the Federal Highway Administration and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Volpe National Transportation Center located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dr. Munro is a member of the Transportation Research Board’s standing Committee on International Cooperation. He has written multiple articles on the politics of climate change as well as the structural and cognitive dynamics of policy and institutional change within national and international natural resource management systems.