The purpose of this paper is neither to give a new synthetic basis for the future development of the Oslo Manual, nor to provide a full review of all relevant issues. The purpose is limited to locating and raising some questions at the border of the Oslo Manual approach. Through this we hope to...

The paper discusses definitions of mobility, the choice of unit of observation for mobility (establishment or enterprise) and classifications of sectors of the economy. The rationale for the discussion is to find a good basis for using mobility research to investigate flows of human capital in...

This paper evaluates the extent to which private, non-subsidised cooperative agreements in R&D by EU firms has evolved, paying particular attention to the extent to which economic integration may have influenced intra-EU activity relative to extra-EU agreements (i.e., EU-US and EU-Japan...

STEP har analysert bygg-, anleggs-og eiendomsnæringens situasjon, sentrale innovasjonsutfordringer og viktige hindringer for innovasjon. Rapporten skal bidra til næringens videre arbeid med å utvikle en innovasjonsstrategi hvor bedriftenes egen virksomhetsutvikling, og grunnleggende...

This report is a summary of results from the project “High-tech spin-offs in the Nordic countries”. It is intended to be a non-technical presentation of the approach, the main results and policy conclusions of the project. It is accompanied by two larger volumes giving the full details and...

Rapporten gir en beskrivelse av det svenske innovasjonsrettede forskningsland-skapet basert på en spørreskjemaundersøkelse og supplerende informasjonsinn-henting som ble gjennomført i 2002 på oppdrag fra VINNOVA, KK-stiftelsen og Strategiska stiftelsen. Prosjektets siktemål var å gi en...

Recent years have seen fundamental changes in the ways we conceptualise innovation processes. The purpose of this paper is to explore one such reassessment, namely 'systems' approaches to innovation: the objective is to discuss the basis and policy implications of the approach, and then the...

The report gives detailed annual statistics of job-to-job mobility in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden for the period 1988-1998. Complete annual matched employee/employer datasets for the four countries make up the bulk of the data. In order to develop benchmarks for mobility and stylised...

The STEP-group has been asked by Technopolis to provide information on the User oriented involvement of the Research Council of Norway (RCN). The information is to be used by the team evaluating the Research Council of Norway on behalf of the Norwegian Ministry of Education, Research and Church...

The paper argues for a need of rethinking the interaction between social science and socio-economic policy analysis on the one hand and policy making and implementation on the other. The interaction, traditionally conceived as a variant expert-client interaction should rather be conceived in...