This paper focuses on the issue of innovation and technology transfer in the areas of air pollution abatement …. It also discusses characteristics of environmental policy regimes that are amenable to encouraging innovation of … of countries' environmental policy regimes) in encouraging innovation. …

Using two waves of the Community Innovation Survey (CIS) for the Netherlands, this paper integrates recent lines of … research to estimate the contribution of innovation to manufacturing multifactor productivity (MFP) growth. The model uses CIS … within-firm time interdependencies for inputs into innovation and innovation output. The results show the benefits of …

factor productivity gains, which are in turn driven to a large extent by innovation. While a number of Korean firms are at … the world technology frontier in areas such as ICT, the diffusion of technology to lagging sectors is a priority to … sustain growth. This paper recommends policies to improve the science and technology system by upgrading the R&D framework, in …

development of innovation skills in education systems? This report focuses on the impact of high-stake summative assessment on … innovation and argues that it is possible to reconcile high-stakes assessments and examinations through innovative approaches to … innovation – and that they foster innovation skills in students? This study proposes three main ways of combining assessment and …

activities of the Commission for Technology and Innovation. This Working Paper relates to the 2006 OECD Economic Survey of …Despite some weakening in the 1990s, partly due to sluggish trend growth, the Swiss innovation performance has been … very strong. There are, however, areas in which policy reforms could strengthen innovation further and help Switzerland …