This paper discusses how to improve Canada’s business innovation in order to boost labour productivity and output … growth. Many general framework conditions are highly favourable to business risk-taking and innovation, including macro … should be on boosting manager and worker skills that are intrinsic to all forms of innovation, by filling gaps in training …

liberalisation; strengthening competition in markets for goods and services; education, research and innovation. Progress is also …’éducation, la recherche et l’innovation. Des progrès sont également requis dans d’autres domaines, notamment pour promouvoir des …

The purpose of this paper is to model the production of innovation in the financial sector firms and to quantify its … Respondents Database, 2005 and matched with the Fourth Community Innovation Survey, 2002 to 2004. The results show that … consistently with what is found in other papers in this field, investment in R%D is not relevant for the production of innovation …

heavy electrical industry firms, compares organization behaviour, management decision making, Innovation research and …

This commentary raises questions about the degree to which global innovation indicators enable us to understand the … historical dynamics of innovation in Canada, and about future directions for Canadian innovation policy. By focusing on the … innovation problem in Canada has less to do with capabilities or opportunities, than with recent tendencies not to follow through …

Key indicators show Germany belonging to the countries in the OECD with strong innovation activity even though some … technologies, such as ICT and biotechnology, as innovation activities continue to focus on sectors, such as machinery and … ...<BR><P>Selon les principaux indicateurs, l’Allemagne est l’un des pays de l’OCDE où l’activité d’innovation est soutenue …

This paper examines the potential role of innovation policy in enhancing long-term productivity growth in Russia. It … respect to intellectual property rights and competition. Realising Russia’s innovation potential will also require reform of … well as the scope for improving the tax regime for private-sector R&D.<P>Augmenter l'efficacité de la politique de l'innovation …

Enhancing growth through more innovation has become a priority for Austrian policy makers in line with European … policies as laid down in the Lisbon Agenda. This paper discusses Austria’s innovation performance, its innovation policies, and … general framework conditions for innovation and growth. Austria has increased its R&D spending as a share of GDP over the last …