strengthen competition, entrepreneurship and innovation would go a long way toward enhancing it. Recent competition policy … procedures. Recent reforms to the innovation policy framework are welcome but the focus on sectoral priority clusters will need …

pressures, a growing number of OECD countries are applying ‘pharmacoeconomic assessment’ (health technology assessment for drugs …

for environmentally-friendly innovation, which occurs primarily in developed countries. I then review the literature on … the transfer of these technologies to the developing world. A key point is that technology diffusion is gradual. Early … countries to reduce pollution as well. Globalization also plays an important role in moving clean technologies to developing …

National policy makers have shown a growing interest in the regional dimension of innovation processes, and regional … policy makers are seeking to promote their own competitiveness by supporting innovation. To advance the OECD quantitative … research on regions and innovation, a categorisation of regions was developed using socio-demographic, economic, and innovation …

’s Information and communication technology (ICT) sector and finds that trade and investment have played a crucial role in innovation … and investment can have on innovation. This paper studies the effect of trade and investment liberalisation on Korea … Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) contracts were important sources of technology and exports were key to gain the necessary …

Indicators based on patents provide a good measure of the innovative performance and technology outputs of countries …

inspiration for both policy and local action on the key issues in making places conducive to entrepreneurship and innovation, in …

regulations on innovation. While product and labour market policies usually aim at objectives other than innovation, they may have … positive impact on the innovation performance of a country. Conversely, the relationship between innovation and job protection …