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 …

Eco-innovation will be a key driver of industry efforts to tackle climate change and realize "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 …

Innovation has become a key factor for economic growth, but how does the process take place at the level of individual … firms? This book presents the main results of the OECD Innovation Microdata Project -- the first large-scale effort to … exploit firm-level data from innovation surveys across 20 countries in an internationally harmonised way, with a view to …

"Innovation holds the key to ongoing improvements in living standards, as well as to solving pressing social challenges …. Skilled people play a crucial role in innovation through the new knowledge they generate, how they adopt and develop existing … understanding of the links between skills and innovation. It explores the wide range of skills required, ranging from technical to …