investment, Ireland scores high in international innovation scoreboards. Overall, policies to boost innovation and … jobs. While Ireland has made good progress towards building up its scientific capabilities, innovation capacity remains … effective, the innovation strategy should be simplified, with a drastic reduction in the number of government agencies involved …

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 …

liberalisation; strengthening competition in markets for goods and services; education, research and innovation. Progress is also …’éducation, la recherche et l’innovation. Des progrès sont également requis dans d’autres domaines, notamment pour promouvoir des …

Key indicators show Germany belonging to the countries in the OECD with strong innovation activity even though some … technologies, such as ICT and biotechnology, as innovation activities continue to focus on sectors, such as machinery and … ...<BR><P>Selon les principaux indicateurs, l’Allemagne est l’un des pays de l’OCDE où l’activité d’innovation est soutenue …

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

Enhancing growth through more innovation has become a priority for Austrian policy makers in line with European … policies as laid down in the Lisbon Agenda. This paper discusses Austria’s innovation performance, its innovation policies, and … general framework conditions for innovation and growth. Austria has increased its R&D spending as a share of GDP over the last …

A creative economy requires innovation-friendly conditions. Korea’s innovation system should be improved by upgrading … level. The returns from Korea’s large investment in innovation should be enhanced by improving framework conditions – easing … product market regulations, promoting international competition and enhancing labour market flexibility – to encourage the …

pressures. The government has recently introduced several reforms to strengthen the competition policy framework. Nevertheless …. The powers of the Competition Authority can still be enhanced. Its effective degree of independence, substantially … direction are needed. In the retail sector competition-restricting regulations still protect existing companies against new …

in various sectors of the Danish economy. It looks at a number of indicators of the strength of competition — including … competition legislation framework. The paper then focuses on the large public sector, which has been slow to open up to … competition, partly because of regulatory restrictions but also because some local governments are too small to handle tenders and …

Vigorous product market competition plays a central role in bolstering productivity growth. Sweden has strengthened … competition legislation and deregulated a number of sectors, including electricity, telecommunications and parts of transport …, over the past 10 to 15 years. This paper examines the current state of product market competition and proposes further …