Before the advent of the single market, Europe's most successful businesses were those which confined their operations to strictly defined market segments or regions. Analysis of corporate performance since then has uncovered hard evidence of a greater ability to compete internationally and...

Updates previous ONS work to improve estimates of the above, including application of OECD software taskforce methodology.This article updates previous work undertaken by the Office for National Statistics to improve estimates of software investment in the UK. The methodology recommended by the...

Between 2006 and 2008 ONS led aresearch group consisting of representivesfrom 13 EU statistical offices and a smallnumber of independent academics to:develop new indicators on theeconomic impact of ICT in business,andextend consistent analysis of ICTimpacts to new countriesThe results show...

We (a) propose an implementable innovation index, (b) relate it to existing innovation definitions and (c) show whole-economy and industry-specific results for the UK market sector, 2000-2005. Our innovation measure starts by observing that we could get more GDP without innovation by simply...

The paper presents a comprehensive assessment of the strengths and limitations of the intellectual property (IP) system in Poland. It offers policy recommendations to fully exploit the potential of IP to support an innovation-based economy. It finds that the key components of an effective IP...