products for their own use. The issue addressed is the role of the market in the definition of innovation in the OECD … measurement of innovation in the public sector. The policy implications of user innovation by consumers and by firms are … considered along with the importance of including consumer user innovation in official statistics. The paper ends with a …

been known for many years about the way innovation takes place and finds that many of the shortcomings of RIU in Asia were … precisely because lessons from previous research on agricultural innovation were "not put into use" in the programme … research: (i) Promoting research into use requires enabling innovation. This goes beyond fostering collaboration, and includes …

This paper argues that immigration can help to alleviate the burden ageing presents for the welfare states of most … Western Economies. We develop a macroeconomic framework which deals with the impact of both ageing and immigration on economic … conclusions are that immigration will help to alleviate the ageing problem, as long as the immigrants will be able to participate …

This paper sets out to explore the nature of new organisational and institutional vehicles for managing innovation in …-the-radar innovation. For each of these classes of innovation management vehicles this review has mapped the diversity of emerging examples … these new and as yet poorly-understood modes of innovation that have the greatest potential to effect change, although …

This discussion paper explores aspects of innovation systems ideas in the analysis of mango production and export by … to aspects of integrated technology development and innovation management. …

The science-technology-innovation system is one that is continuously and rapidly evolving. The dramatic growth over the … last twenty years in the use of science, technology and innovation (STI) indicators appears first and foremost the result … and economic objectives and in which business competition is increasingly based on innovation. As highlighted on the basis …

local knowledge spillovers for innovation. However, not much is known about whether local knowledge spillovers work … similarly in developing countries. This analysis is based on an original innovation survey in the software industry in Uruguay … be essential for innovation, but not sufficient for economic success. Firms in developing countries need to be connected …

This paper examines the links between ownership, innovation and exporting in electronics firms in three late … trade and innovation and learning. Technology-based approaches to trade offer a plausible explanation for firm …-level exporting behavior. The econometric results (using probit) confirm the importance of foreign ownership and innovation in …