Innovation has become a key factor for economic growth, but how does the process take place at the level of individual … firms? This book presents the main results of the OECD Innovation Microdata Project -- the first large-scale effort to … exploit firm-level data from innovation surveys across 20 countries in an internationally harmonised way, with a view to …

Small firms are playing an ever-increasing role in innovation, driven by changes in technologies and markets. Some spin … advantages. This book explores how government policy can boost innovation by improving the environment for entrepreneurship and … entrepreneurship. In addition, country notes present statistics and policy data on SMEs, entrepreneurship and innovation for 40 …

country pairs. For example, if inventors from 3 countries collaborate (e.g. USA, DEU, JPN) then a unit count is assigned to 3 … country pairs (USA-DEU, DEU-JPN, JPN-USA); in this case a country generally coordinate the project and the others are partners …