leading academics and OECD staff from the Economics Department, the Directorates of the Environment, Science and Technology …

As it takes time and effort to learn how to fully utilise new technology and realise its maximum potential productivity … gain, adoption of new technology tends to reduce productivity temporarily, even though the potential productivity gain in … the long run outweighs this short run loss. This paper points to such “learning cost” in technology upgrading as a …

This paper examines the potential role of innovation policy in enhancing long-term productivity growth in Russia. It … respect to intellectual property rights and competition. Realising Russia’s innovation potential will also require reform of … well as the scope for improving the tax regime for private-sector R&D.<P>Augmenter l'efficacité de la politique de l'innovation …

than being limited to the seven areas identified in the Strategy. Among those areas, effectively promoting green innovation … stratégie. S’agissant de ces derniers, pour promouvoir efficacement l’innovation verte, il faudra utiliser des instruments …

, innovative property and economic competencies – has been rising significantly. This has implications for innovation and … role for innovation policies to raise private investment in KBC towards socially optimal levels. Indeed, R&D tax incentives … between the incentives to innovate and the broad diffusion of knowledge.<P>Actifs intellectuels, innovation et mobilité des …

This paper discusses how to improve Canada’s business innovation in order to boost labour productivity and output … growth. Many general framework conditions are highly favourable to business risk-taking and innovation, including macro … should be on boosting manager and worker skills that are intrinsic to all forms of innovation, by filling gaps in training …

– proxied by R&D expenditure and the number of new patents – across 19 OECD countries. The relationship between innovation … these measures of innovation intensity and MFP growth. Innovation-specific policies such as R&D tax incentives, direct … forthcoming. A pervasive theme from the analysis is the importance of coupling policies aimed at encouraging innovation or …

skills, technology and intangible assets. Strengthening international linkages will be crucial to overcoming geographic … disadvantages and will require improvements in the information and communications technology infrastructure, together with … innovation leveraged off the country’s strong primary industry knowledge base. Continuing to raise skill levels and the …

rate of vocational students, and enhancing the level of collaboration among the key innovation players are priorities. The … des élèves en filière professionnelle et le renforcement du niveau de collaboration entre les principaux acteurs de l’innovation …