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nanotechnology, how are companies using nanotechnology for innovation, and what are the key challenges in its commercialisation …
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Few systematic economic evaluations have been carried out on patent system to better inform policy choices. This report, which covers a range of areas, and highlights some issues that policy makers should address in the near future, including markets for technology, patenting by public reserach...
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How does government funding of corporate R&D affect the behaviour of firms? Ongoing efforts to boost business investment in R&D demand better methods of evaluating the effectiveness of government policy instruments. Efforts to explicitly measure changes in the ways firms conduct R&D as a result...
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Eco-innovation is more important than ever on the public policy agenda. It is a major driver for green growth and … pragmatic approach to policies that support the development and diffusion of eco-innovation. Building on the OECD Innovation … Strategy, it argues that eco-innovation is not merely about technological developments: non-technical innovations matter as …
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Encouraging Student Interest in Science and Technology Studies examines overall trends in higher education enrolments and the evolution of S&T compared with other disciplines. The results suggest that although absolute numbers of S&T students have been rising as access to higher levels of...
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This review of regional innovation assesses how to improve Catalonia's current strategy and actions in order to boost … its innovation system through both its own programmes and those of Spain and the European Union. It finds that with over … through a stronger regional innovation system. The region has successfully strengthened its research base, with investments in …
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electricity production has yet to be decarbonised. However, intervention to steer innovation in this direction is merited so long …
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Switzerland’s innovation performance is among the best in the world. But further raising the level of innovation is of … globalised world. This comprehensive review suggests some reforms in innovation policy which would help to cope with this …
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This report assesses the current status of Hungary’s innovation system and policies, and identifies where and how the … government should focus its efforts to improve the country's innovation capabilities. The report finds that the level of … innovation activity and performance in Hungary has remained relatively low by international standards. This is attributable to …
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