This paper examines whether there are significant differences in private R&D investment performance between the EU and the US and, if so, why. The study is based on data from the 2008 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard. The investigation assesses the effects of three very distinct factors...

This report presents a perspective on the role of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the Norwegian economy, and on the future role of SME-oriented innovation policy. It overviews the general position of SMEs in the industrial structure, reviews their innovation performance, discusses...

Denne rapporten er en evaluering av Statens Nærings- og distriktsutviklingfonds (SND) bedriftsrettede tiltak, og i rapporten vi vil behandle de følgende temaene: SNDs målsettinger og virkemidler Historisk utvikling av næringspolitikk i Norge, og etableringen av SND Teoretiske og praktiske...

This paper outlines a conceptual framework and some empirical objectives for analytical work on research and innovation policy. It sketches some major changes which have occurred in our understanding of the links between science, innovation and technological change over the past twenty years,...

Denne rapporten viser resultater fra en evaluering av SIVA gjennomført fra januar til september 2000. SIVAs hovedmål er å bidra til økt verdiskaping og sysselsetting i distriktene. SIVA har delvis fått og delvis tatt på seg tre hovedoppgaver i arbeidet med å oppnå denne målsettingen....

This report uses data from the Community Innovation Survey to explore expenditures on innovation by European firms. It analyses the level and structure of three types of innovation investment across European industry: R&D, non-R&D expenditures (such as design activities), and capital investments...

This paper is a wide-ranging overview of issues related to the economic impacts of ICT. It discusses the broad issues of theory and method involved in thinking about a new radical technology, such as ICT, in economic change. However this discussion is extended in several directions – into a...

There is general agreement that SMEs face problems in innovation which justify public intervention, and this has led to a wide range of SME-oriented actions, both in Norway and other countries. The result has been a complex mix of programmes and policy instruments, so complex in fact that it is...

This report uses data from the Eurostat/DG-XIII Community Innovation Survey (CIS) to analyse innovation activity and innovation performance in the Pulp, Paper and Paper Products Industry in Europe. Analyses of innovation, and policy discussions of innovation, are often focused on high-R&D...