The EU commission initiated a large-scale project for the collection of innovation data on a European basis. The aim was to create a co-ordinated ";European Innovation Survey";. The project began in 1992 with the development and testing of questionnaires, and was followed in 1993-94 by the...

Although the impacts of greenhouse gas build-up remain uncertain, they have the potential to be very serious and possibly catastrophic. If the outcomes are serious then neither improving energy efficiency nor adaptation policies will cope with the problems of warming. Reducing climate impacts...

Both theory and evidence suggest that innovation shapes output and productivity growth. This report develops a broad conceptual and empirical framework against which innovation policy issues in New Zealand can be assessed and evaluated.

This paper examines whether there are significant differences in private R&D investment performance between the EU and the US and, if so, why. The study is based on data from the 2008 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard. The investigation assesses the effects of three very distinct factors...

Denne rapporten viser resultater fra en evaluering av SIVA gjennomført fra januar til september 2000. SIVAs hovedmål er å bidra til økt verdiskaping og sysselsetting i distriktene. SIVA har delvis fått og delvis tatt på seg tre hovedoppgaver i arbeidet med å oppnå denne målsettingen....

This report uses data from the Community Innovation Survey to explore expenditures on innovation by European firms. It analyses the level and structure of three types of innovation investment across European industry: R&D, non-R&D expenditures (such as design activities), and capital investments...

This paper is a wide-ranging overview of issues related to the economic impacts of ICT. It discusses the broad issues of theory and method involved in thinking about a new radical technology, such as ICT, in economic change. However this discussion is extended in several directions – into a...

There is general agreement that SMEs face problems in innovation which justify public intervention, and this has led to a wide range of SME-oriented actions, both in Norway and other countries. The result has been a complex mix of programmes and policy instruments, so complex in fact that it is...

This report uses data from the Eurostat/DG-XIII Community Innovation Survey (CIS) to analyse innovation activity and innovation performance in the Pulp, Paper and Paper Products Industry in Europe. Analyses of innovation, and policy discussions of innovation, are often focused on high-R&D...