Iceland is an innovative country, but has untapped innovation potential. Strengthening innovation, especially in the … essential for stronger innovation outcomes. Competition-friendly framework conditions are key to sharpening firms’ incentives to … important benefits for innovation and society. …

Brazil's main challenge in innovation policy is to encourage the business sector to engage in productivity … institutions. Innovation policy is beginning to focus on the potential synergies among science and technology promotion, R …&D support and trade competitiveness. To be successful in boosting business innovation, these policies will need to be …

innovations on performance are relatively small. The paper also shows that little evidence can be found on innovation spillovers …. The benefits from innovation are more likely to be indirect, namely for user industries. However, innovative firms seem to …

framework factors that provide the most effective means of supporting innovation. The evidence suggests that there is a clear … account. Some policies that offer benefits for current innovation also have costs that could adversely affect future …

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 … mining tax introduced in May 2005, and to create a National Innovation Council. The effectiveness of these measures will …

improving overall literacy and numeracy outcomes. Greater autonomy at the school level and improvements in teaching quality …

costs. Benchmarking countries and identifying best practices to enhance public spending cost-effectiveness would, in this …

, promoting innovation, reducing the tax burden, boosting competition and creating favourable conditions for businesses to grow …

Strengthening the innovation system in the Netherlands is a priority for raising productivity growth, which has been … sixth highest in the OECD -- but innovation activity is only around the average for OECD countries according to the EIS … Summary Innovation Index. The main weaknesses are in business R&D intensity, the share of the population with tertiary …