investment, Ireland scores high in international innovation scoreboards. Overall, policies to boost innovation and … jobs. While Ireland has made good progress towards building up its scientific capabilities, innovation capacity remains … effective, the innovation strategy should be simplified, with a drastic reduction in the number of government agencies involved …

persist. Private spending on innovation is very low and Russia underperforms in terms of scientific outputs and patents …. Support for low-tech innovation and technology adoption, especially among SMEs is narrow because of a bias towards large and …

This paper discusses how to improve Canada’s business innovation in order to boost labour productivity and output … growth. Many general framework conditions are highly favourable to business risk-taking and innovation, including macro … should be on boosting manager and worker skills that are intrinsic to all forms of innovation, by filling gaps in training …

A creative economy requires innovation-friendly conditions. Korea’s innovation system should be improved by upgrading … level. The returns from Korea’s large investment in innovation should be enhanced by improving framework conditions – easing … adoption of new technology. Venture businesses and start-ups should play a key role in commercialising innovation. To make …

. Fostering competition by removing regulatory barriers and improving public procurement would help. In addition, innovation …

learning programmes that take into account regional specific needs would help foster regional skills and attract firms to … barriers and better innovation policies would boost productivity. Effective intergovernmental coordination bodies and a well …

business sector need to be enhanced through better-targeted lifelong learning opportunities. At the same time, there is a need … to focus innovation policies on raising the participation of small and medium enterprises in innovative activities. …