persist. Private spending on innovation is very low and Russia underperforms in terms of scientific outputs and patents …. Support for low-tech innovation and technology adoption, especially among SMEs is narrow because of a bias towards large and …

. Fostering competition by removing regulatory barriers and improving public procurement would help. In addition, innovation …

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 …

and carefully-designed innovation policies. …

specialisation and innovation; removing remaining barriers to entrepreneurship and competition; ensuring access to finance for SMEs …

– proxied by R&D expenditure and the number of new patents – across 19 OECD countries. The relationship between innovation … these measures of innovation intensity and MFP growth. Innovation-specific policies such as R&D tax incentives, direct … forthcoming. A pervasive theme from the analysis is the importance of coupling policies aimed at encouraging innovation or …

Latvia’s productivity growth is held back by weak innovation and inefficient resource allocation. The shortage of … skilled workers which constrains innovation and the adoption of digital technologies must be addressed through further … alignment of vocational and tertiary education with labour market demand. Strengthening the innovation ecosystem by improving …

markets, taxes, infrastructure, skills, innovation, trade policy, rule of law and financial markets. Beyond changing the rules …