Iceland is an innovative country, but has untapped innovation potential. Strengthening innovation, especially in the … essential for stronger innovation outcomes. Competition-friendly framework conditions are key to sharpening firms’ incentives to … important benefits for innovation and society. …

Brazil's main challenge in innovation policy is to encourage the business sector to engage in productivity … institutions. Innovation policy is beginning to focus on the potential synergies among science and technology promotion, R …&D support and trade competitiveness. To be successful in boosting business innovation, these policies will need to be …

innovations on performance are relatively small. The paper also shows that little evidence can be found on innovation spillovers …. The benefits from innovation are more likely to be indirect, namely for user industries. However, innovative firms seem to …

framework factors that provide the most effective means of supporting innovation. The evidence suggests that there is a clear … account. Some policies that offer benefits for current innovation also have costs that could adversely affect future …

A good framework for investment in innovation can contribute to increasing Chile’s growth potential. Spending on R&D is … currently low in relation to GDP and heavily reliant on government financing. Innovation activity in the business sector is also … mining tax introduced in May 2005, and to create a National Innovation Council. The effectiveness of these measures will …

Banking Authority should have sufficient powers and resources to ensure that a system based on national supervision leads to …

The German banking system came under pressure during the financial crisis, not least due to its significant exposure to … through substantial government support measures. However, ensuring adequate capitalization of the banking system remains a … major challenge going forward and may require more active government involvement. The underlying causes of the banking …

This paper provides cross-country empirical evidence on the productivity of bank transaction taxes (BTTs). Our data set …