How do innovation and education policy affect individual career choice and aggregate productivity? This paper analyzes … the various layers that connect R&D subsidies and higher education policy to productivity growth. We put the development … about the links between talent, higher education, and innovation. We use these facts to calibrate the model and study …

. Digital technologies offer opportunities to raise firms’ productivity and the population’s well-being. However, wide … productivity gaps between large firms and SMEs and between manufacturing and services weigh on economy-wide productivity, which is … adequate skills and awareness of digital benefits or dangers (online security, cyberbullying, addiction). Promoting innovation …

Innovation policy can be a crucial component of governments' responses to crises. Because speed is a paramount … objective, crisis innovation may also require different policy tools than innovation policy in non-crisis times, raising … distinct questions and tradeoffs. In this paper, we survey the U.S. policy response to two crises where innovation was crucial …

environment, NIF would boost the nation’s innovation leadership for the 21st century and raise productivity and incomes. Moreover … innovation, productivity, and the value-added to firms from NIF assistance.• Champion innovation by promoting innovation policy …Innovation drives America’s economic growth and ultimately determines its living standards andthose of its metropolitan …

background for a national seminar on innovation for productivity growth held in Brasilia on July 1-2, 2015 organized jointly by …This paper examines Brazil's position in research, technology transfer and innovation activities relative to peer … economies and a selected group of developed countries. It reviews the governance of the research and innovation systems, the …

This paper studies the interaction between production subsidies and innovation subsidies. We develop a model which … understand how firms react to each type of subsidy. In a three-stage game, the government chooses production and innovation … crowd out innovation, since they reduce the gain for firms from investing in R&D. On the other hand, providing a production …

This paper studies the interaction between production subsidies and innovation subsidies. We develop a model which … understand how firms react to each type of subsidy. In a three-stage game, the government chooses production and innovation … crowd out innovation. On the other hand, providing a production subsidy reduces the cost of the innovation subsidy, and vice …

member of such a cluster initiative has an impact on the Total Factor Productivity (TFP) of the firm. We exploit firm … Flemish SHC policy on productivity. …

Science, innovation, knowledge and digital technologies have played a fundamental role in the growth potential, social … inclusive and sustainable development strategies in which science, technology and innovation are key players for a …Foreword .-- Main messages .-- Chapter I. A brief overview of science, technology and innovation in Latin America and …