-year experience as a World Bank staff member, the author takes an institutional perspective on the innovation climate at the World … toolkit as key factors influencing the climate for innovation. The interaction and impact of these factors are illustrated …

institutions like the rule of law or freedom of expression, which are not necessarily aimed at boosting innovation, create an …The objective of this paper is to investigate the effects of institutions on national rates of inventive activity …. Invention, part of the innovation process, is acknowledged as one of the driving forces behind economic growth, and patent …

concern for the environment and for quality of life/distance work) with a major impact on the economy. Innovation plays a key … role in meeting the challenges of the future, but despite investment in innovation, global economic growth has fallen short … of innovation ecosystems based on the performance of the innovation ecosystems of 64 countries assessed by the Global …