Policy-makers have become increasingly aware that corporate R&D and innovation are the main drivers of an economy … concludes that policy measures to stimulate corporate R&D and innovation activities should be expressly conceived according to …

How are OECD countries supporting digital innovation and ensuring that benefits spread across the economy? This paper … explores the current landscape of strategies and initiatives implemented in OECD countries to support innovation in the digital …) strategies. The paper also discusses policy instruments used across OECD to support digital innovation targeting four objectives …

What can we learn from new policies implemented in different OECD countries to foster digital and AI-driven innovation … programmes) aimed at supporting breakthrough digital and AI-driven innovation and the application of those innovations by …, have mixed public-private funding models and seek international co-operation on AI. AI and digital research and innovation …

Innovation is key to boosting Australia’s productivity and inclusiveness. This paper examines the policies that create … good conditions for innovation, not only in science and technology but also wider forms, such as business-model innovation …’s numerous innovation-related SME support schemes are uncertain. Federal and state governments are taking a positive approach to …

investment, Ireland scores high in international innovation scoreboards. Overall, policies to boost innovation and … entrepreneurship are on the right track, but investment in knowledge-based capital could be made a more dynamic source of growth and … jobs. While Ireland has made good progress towards building up its scientific capabilities, innovation capacity remains …

classes across all sectors and all EU Member States, we identify different innovation profiles based on a firm's R …&D investment and/or innovation activities. We find that "basic" firms - i.e. firms that do not engage in any type of R&D or … innovation - are more common among young SMEs, while innovators - i.e. firms that do R&D and introduce new products, processes or …

Innovation has a role to play to mitigate water-related risks and to support the provision of water services on which … our well-being and sustainable development depend. Water-related innovation originate in a wide range of countries, with …