The Linear Model of Innovation was an early model designed to understand the relationship of science and technology that begins with basic research that flows into applied research, development and diffusion [1]
It posits scientific research as the basis of innovation which eventually leads to economic growth.[2]
The model has been criticized by many scholars over decades of years. The majority of the criticisms pointed out its crudeness and limitations in capturing the sources, process, and effects of innovation.[2] However, it has also been argued that the linear model was simply a creation by academics, debated heavily in academia, but was never believed in practice.[2] The model is more fittingly used as a basis to understand more nuanced alternative models.
- ^ Godin, Benoît (2006). "The Linear Model of Innovation: The Historical Construction of an Analytical Framework". Science, Technology, & Human Values. 31 (6): 639–667. doi:10.1177/0162243906291865. JSTOR 29733964. S2CID 145458677.
- ^ a b c Edgerton, David. "'The Linear Model' Did Not Exist: Reflections on the History and Historiography of Science and Research in Industry in the Twentieth Century". The Science-industry Nexus: History, Policy, Implications: Nobel Symposium 123 – via ResearchGate.