Attractiveness for investment in innovation is high on the policy agenda in many countries as innovation is a key … for innovation, it is less clear if these policies are effective. This report analyses the current trends in international … investment in innovation and the attractiveness policies already implemented. These are often based on the more traditional …

A Attractiveness for Innovation LOCATION FACTORS FOR INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT B … 7 Chapter 1. International investment in innovation 13 Steady … 14 International investments in innovation on the rise 17 A growing …

related economic costs. …

well as from the use of radioactive isotopes in medicine, industry and agriculture. This report sets out the costs of … operating disposal sites for LLW in OECD countries, as well as the factors that may affect the costs of sites being developed …

Regulatory differences across jurisdictions can be costly for traders. While these costs may reflect variations in … consideration for the international environment. Thus, some of the trade costs of regulatory divergence may be avoided without … countries in regulatory policy and trade, this report proposes a definition of trade costs of regulatory divergence and analyses …

-resource management, natural disasters and environment-related hazards. The costs of not responding to them can be considerable, in some … cases representing a significant drag on OECD economies. Estimation of these costs can be an important part of identifying … the costs of inaction are deemed important, identifying the areas where environmental policies need to be strengthened …

overview of countries' efforts to improve the quality and quantity of information on the costs of disasters. …

future, particularly in the United States and Europe. It is thus important to understand the costs of decommissioning so as … presents the results of an NEA review of the costs of decommissioning nuclear power plants and of overall funding practices … costs or estimates, and on plans for the establishment and management of decommissioning funds. Case studies are included to …