Small firms are playing an ever-increasing role in innovation, driven by changes in technologies and markets. Some spin … advantages. This book explores how government policy can boost innovation by improving the environment for entrepreneurship and … entrepreneurship. In addition, country notes present statistics and policy data on SMEs, entrepreneurship and innovation for 40 …

instruments directed to SMEs. This is in part due the pace of technological innovation, which often exceeds the time it takes for … relations between SME intellectual asset management, innovation and competitiveness in different national and sectoral contexts …

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

Eco-innovation will be a key driver of industry efforts to tackle climate change and realise “green growth” in the post …-Kyoto era. Eco-innovation calls for faster introduction of breakthrough technologies and for more systemic application of … the research and analysis carried out during the first phase of the OECD Project on Sustainable Manufacturing and Eco-innovation …