Dynamising National Innovation Systems, Part 997

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Pt I. Introduction -- Background -- Intermediary Findings of the NIS Project -- The Objective of This Report -- pt II. Innovation through Dynamic Systems -- Towards a Dynamic, Innovation-Driven Economy -- The NIS Approach: Managing Knowledge, Interactions, and Institutions -- What are Interactions? -- Providing a Dynamism in Innovation Systems -- Dimensions of Growth in Innovation Systems -- Implementing the NIS Approach -- pt III. Dynamism and Growth in Innovation Systems -- The Building Block: Innovative Firms -- Firms Growth through Transitions -- Firms Have Degrees of Freedom in Innovation -- Reinventing the Firm -- Non-Technological Innovation is Important -- Clustering of Innovative Firms -- The Cluster Concept -- Different Innovation Patterns in Different Clusters -- Key Factors in Cluster Development -- Networking in Uncertain and Rapidly Changing Environments -- Collaboration is Pervasive but the Intensity and Patterns of Collaboration are Country-Specific -- Domestic and Foreign Networks Reinforce Each Other -- Networking Extends to the Science System -- Government-Induced International Networking Generates National and Industry-Specific Spillovers -- Competing for Skills: Flows of Human Resources in Innovation Systems -- The Importance of Skills and Know-How -- Labour Mobility and Economic Performance -- International Mobility of Human Resources in Science and Technology -- Complex Interactions Create Resilient, Dynamic, and Adaptive Innovation systems -- Summing Up -- pt IV: Dynamising Innovation Systems through Comprehensive Policy -- -The Need for Coherent and Comprehensive Policy Making -- Structuring and Dynamising the Innovation Process -- Enhancing Firms' Innovative Capacities -- Exploiting Further the Power of Markets -- Securing Investment in Knowledge -- Promoting the Commercialisation of Publicly-Funded Research -- Promoting Cluster Development -- Promoting Internationally-Open Networks -- From Public Support to System Management -- Comprehensive, Coherent, and Customised Innovation Policies -- Prioritising and Sequencing Policies -- Policy Coordination to Improve Governance of the NIS -- Policy Learning -- Concluding Remarks: NIS as a Benchmarking Tool -- Annex: The NIS Project -- The OECD Project on National Innovation Systems -- The Focus Groups -- References.

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SUMMARY
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INNOVATION THROUGH DYNAMIC SYSTEM
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DYNAMISM AND GROWTH IN INNOVATION SYSTEMS
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