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. …

regulations on innovation. While product and labour market policies usually aim at objectives other than innovation, they may have … positive impact on the innovation performance of a country. Conversely, the relationship between innovation and job protection …

This paper reviews recent studies on the links between competition, innovation and productivity growth in the long run … including: i) measuring welfare gains from product innovation; ii) competition and efficiency in e-commerce, education, and …

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 … should be on boosting manager and worker skills that are intrinsic to all forms of innovation, by filling gaps in training …

investment, Ireland scores high in international innovation scoreboards. Overall, policies to boost innovation and … entrepreneurship are on the right track, but investment in knowledge-based capital could be made a more dynamic source of growth and … jobs. While Ireland has made good progress towards building up its scientific capabilities, innovation capacity remains …

The US innovation system has many strengths, including world class research universities and firms that thrive in … innovation-intensive sectors. However, fissures have begun to appear, notably in the areas of human capital development, the … curtailed by budget cuts. Revitalizing the dynamism of innovation has become a priority for US policymakers. To this end, it is …

Entrepreneurship is an important driver of economic growth, job creation and competitiveness. However, the small and … essential to step up bank lending to SMEs in the medium term. Beyond financing issues, boosting innovation would support … entrepreneurship, there is scope to further reduce administrative burdens. This Working Paper relates to the 2014 OECD Economic Survey …