Goodnip - Good Practices in Nordic Innovation Policies Part 3: Nordic innovation policy measures, documents and government structures

The main objective of Good Practices in Nordic Innovation Policies has been to develop a survey and an analysis of Nordic innovation policy instruments that directly or indirectly are targeting small and medium sized enterprises. The project is to provide Nordic policy makers with information to be used in the development of new or adjusted policy instruments on a national or Nordic level. The project unites researchers from the five Nordic countries: Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark, and Sweden. The study is coordinated by Norwegian STEP, a part of SINTEF Industrial Management. The other participants are NUTEK and VINNOVA of Sweden, VTT of Finland, Denmark's Technological University and the Icelandic research council RANNIS. Report 3 is essentially a reference book for innovation policies in the Nordic countries, and includes: • Presentations of the innovation policy governance structures of the Nordic countries • Summaries of relevant policy documents • “Datasheets” presenting selected innovation policy measures • An extended list of policy measures that goes beyond the ones included in the datasheet section For more information on GoodNIP, see the GoodNIP Web site at http://www.step.no/goodnip