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Translating global innovation scripts: science and innovation policy and organisational change in Chilean universities
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Research on science and innovation policy in higher education has been dominated by evidence from Europe and North America. This study addresses that gap by examining how universities respond to the InES R&D programme in Chile. Drawing on a neo-institutionalist framework and a qualitative multiple-case study of 18 universities, findings reveal a pattern of partial convergence: universities exhibit isomorphic adoption of formal structures such as innovation directorates and strategic plans, yet these changes remain loosely coupled from core academic practices. Responses are path-dependent: research-intensive, private, and regional institutions translate policy incentives differently based on research capacity, governance model, and territorial position. Policy implementation thus generates formal harmonisation alongside substantive diversity. We argue that universities are active sites of translation, where global innovation scripts are reinterpreted through local institutional logics, contributing systematic empirical evidence from Latin America to international debates on the governance of research and innovation in higher education.
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