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China's March to Prosperity: Reforms to Avoid the Middle-income Trap

Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Hill, Sam - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

China is well-placed to avoid the so-called “middle-income trap” and to continue to converge towards the more advanced economies, even though growth is likely to slow from near double-digit rates in the first decade of this millennium to around 7% at the 2020 horizon. However, in order to...

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From Ideas to Development: The Determinants of R&D and Patenting

Jaumotte, Florence; Pain, Nigel - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2005

concurrence dans les marchés de produits, le degré de développement du secteur financier et l’accès aux innovations réalisées à l …

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Unleashing Business Innovation in Canada

Bibbee, Alexandra - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012

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 stability, openness, strong human capital, low corporate tax...

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Improving the Capacity to Innovate in Germany

Fuentes, Andrés; Wurzel, Eckhard; Morgan, Margaret - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2004

Key indicators show Germany belonging to the countries in the OECD with strong innovation activity even though some weakening in Germany’s position relative to other OECD countries has occurred recently. While the redirection of resources towards unification-related spending as well as low...

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Boosting Austria's Innovation Performance

Leibfritz, Willi; Janger, Jürgen - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007

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...

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Sustaining High Growth Through Innovation: Reforming the R&D and Education Systems in Korea

Baek, Yongchun; Jones, Randall S. - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2005

With inputs of labour and capital slowing, sustaining high growth rates in Korea will increasingly depend on total factor productivity gains, which are in turn driven to a large extent by innovation. While a number of Korean firms are at the world technology frontier in areas such as ICT, the...

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Stimulating Innovation in Russia: The Role of Institutions and Policies

Gianella, Christian; Tompson, William - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007

This paper examines the potential role of innovation policy in enhancing long-term productivity growth in Russia. It begins by exploring the role of framework conditions for business in encouraging innovative activities, particularly with respect to intellectual property rights and competition....

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Innovation in the Business Sector

Jaumotte, Florence; Pain, Nigel - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2005

the commercial introduction of innovations in the business sector in order to identify the policies, institutions and … des innovations dans le secteur des entreprises, afin de pouvoir mettre en évidence les facteurs politiques … peuvent avoir ces politiques. Certaines mesures de soutien aux innovations en cours ont aussi des coûts qui risquent de …

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Fostering Innovation in Chile

Benavente, José-Miguel; Mello, Luiz de; Mulder, Nanno - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2005

A good framework for investment in innovation can contribute to increasing Chile’s growth potential. Spending on R&D is currently low in relation to GDP and heavily reliant on government financing. Innovation activity in the business sector is also limited by insufficient seed and venture...

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Hungarian Innovation Policy: What's the Best Way Forward?

Hemmings, Philip - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2005

The Hungarian government has recently been focusing on innovation policy as part of a wider campaign to improve the business environment. This paper first underscores the importance of a good general business climate in encouraging both formal and informal R&D activity as well as ensuring...

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