罗思韦尔和齐格维尔德将革新政策解释为工业政策和科技政策的融合.他们认为政府有必要也有可能根据对技术、经济和社会目前和未来的需要及问题所作的估计,并根据对技术的趋势和有关商业机会的认识来制定一项“带战略性的长期革新政策”.现在人们已逐渐看到,为刺激工业革新而制定一项明确的全国性政策,是任何一个政府全面的工业和经济战略中一个根本的必不可少的部分. Rothwell and Ziegveld interpret the innovation policy as a combination of industrial policy and science and technology policy, believing that it is necessary and possible for the government to make estimates based on the current and future needs and problems of technology, economy and society, and on the basis of Technology trends and business opportunities to develop a “strategic long-term innovation policy.” It has now gradually come into sight that the formulation of a clear national policy to stimulate industrial reform is that any government A fundamental and indispensable part of a comprehensive industrial and economic strategy.