@ARTICLE{10.21494/ISTE.OP.2018.0239, TITLE={Innovation Capabilities as a Prerequisite for Forming a National Innovation System}, AUTHOR={Vanessa Casadella, Dimitri Uzunidis, }, JOURNAL={Technology and Innovation}, VOLUME={3}, NUMBER={Issue 2}, YEAR={2018}, URL={https://www.openscience.fr/Innovation-Capabilities-as-a-Prerequisite-for-Forming-a-National-Innovation}, DOI={10.21494/ISTE.OP.2018.0239}, ISSN={2399-8571}, ABSTRACT={Innovation and learning capacities are crucial to the performance of current economies. Because the economy is knowledge-based, innovation is more linked to the dissemination of knowledge than to the creation of new knowledge. The performance of national innovation systems is linked to the construction of innovation capacities, which themselves create interactive dynamics. Our article proposes revisiting the link between institutions and innovation systems through innovation capabilities approach. The value of our contribution is to conceptualize the importance of capacity building within national innovation systems. While capacities are the prerequisite for the formation of national innovation systems, they must above all be interpreted in a broad sense in order to be able to adopt an orientation that is both linked to economic growth but above all to economic development.}}