Innovation Policy and Performance: A Cross-Country Comparison

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OECD Publishing, Jun 17, 2005 - Business & Economics - 247 pages

How can OECD countries improve their innovative capabilities? Which policies best enable innovation to contribute to economic growth?

This publication examines the relationship between innovation policy and performance in six OECD countries – Austria, Finland, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom. In-depth analyses highlight countries’ strengths and weaknesses in innovation, as well as the effectiveness of their innovation policies in driving economic performance. Taken together, the country studies constitute a rich evidence base which will be of considerable interest to innovation policy makers in all OECD countries. They indicate that countries share a need to adapt – or even profoundly change – their innovation policies in order to deal with opportunities and threats posed by new technological and economic developments.

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Austria
69
Finland
99
Japan
117

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