: innovation; taxation; entrepreneurship and business development; corporate reporting; big data; competition and measurement. …

innovation, in the light of what is being done both within and beyond its borders. …

With the emergence of a knowledge-based society, innovation has become an increasingly important factor in the … competitiveness of firms, the prosperity of nations and dynamic world growth. Innovation uses scientific progress to meet the changing … needs of society and is thus one of the keys to sustainable development. Promoting innovation is now a high priority in most …

innovation in the business sector. In addition to identifying good practices across a range of programme types, it compares … business innovation policies across several countries, with a particular focus on Canada. …

Inducing environmental innovation is a significant challenge to policy-makers. Efforts to design public policies that …. However, the relationship between environmental policy and technological innovation remains an area in which empirical … affect the ‘type’ of innovation induced. The work presented in this book is brought together in five substantive chapters …