Nowcasting Patent Indicators (STI Working Paper 2007/3)

This study aims at designing simple but robust methods that would enable to "nowcast", i.e. forecast the present (or the recent past), in order to improve the timeliness of patent indicators.

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This comprehensive assessment of the innovation system of South Africa focuses on the role of government, and provides concrete recommendations on how to improve policies which impact on innovation performance, including R&D policies.

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Bilingual (English/Spanish) final report on the OECD peer review of Spain’s “policy mix” for research and innovation policies.

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This report examines whether the goal of reducing administrative burdens is sufficient in itself for e-government to transform public administrations, and ways governmental cross-level partnerships to deliver ICT-enabled services may simplify the relationship with citizens and businesses.

Capturing Nanotechnology's Current State of Development via Analysis of Patents (STI Working Paper 2007/4)

This paper aims to capture current inventive activities in nanotechnologies based on the analysis of patent applications to the European Patent Office (EPO).

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Examens de l’OCDE des politiques d'innovation : Luxembourg

Cet examen évalue la gouvernance du système d’innovation luxembourgeois et suggère les réformes de nature à assurer que l’accroissement de l’effort budgétaire en faveur de la R-D produise les bénéfices économiques et sociaux escomptés.

Compendium of OECD Work on Intellectual Property as of 2007

This document is intended as a descriptive panorama on recent and ongoing OECD activities on IP issues as of 2007.

Roundtable on Developing University-Industry Technology Transfer, 12-13 October 2006, Tomsk, Russia - Summary

Summary of a joint workshop sponsored by Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF), and Tomsk State University, and held in cooperation with the Russian Ministry of Science and Education and the Tomsk regional government.