investment, Ireland scores high in international innovation scoreboards. Overall, policies to boost innovation and … jobs. While Ireland has made good progress towards building up its scientific capabilities, innovation capacity remains … effective, the innovation strategy should be simplified, with a drastic reduction in the number of government agencies involved …

who hire workers in R&D functions to make product innovations. The innovation process consists of distinct phases …

Patent data provide an increasingly used means to analyse innovation performance worldwide including in countries with … patent data for measuring and analysing innovation in narrow technological fields, such as many environment …

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

studied for a new type of innovation where new technologies reduce emissions of a specific pollutant but at the same time …-holding firm. This result carries over to other types of innovation. Taxes are inefficient if technologies produce perfect …

innovation performance of companies and can pose major threats to global competition and economic growth. However, the actual … to the adoption of alternative measures of innovation performance (Intangible Assets). It certainly merits further …

This paper examines the relationship between workplace organisation and innovation in small and medium … Assessment of Adult Competencies and the Community Innovation Survey. It contrasts SMEs adopting a “learning organisation” or … higher rates of new-to-the-market innovations among SMEs and of SME innovation collaborations with other firms and …

A creative economy requires innovation-friendly conditions. Korea’s innovation system should be improved by upgrading … level. The returns from Korea’s large investment in innovation should be enhanced by improving framework conditions – easing … adoption of new technology. Venture businesses and start-ups should play a key role in commercialising innovation. To make …