13-September-2016
English
Fiscal incentives, including tax policies, should be directed at specific barriers, impediments or synergies to facilitate the desired level of investment in R&D and innovations. Without careful design, policies can have unintended consequences such as favouring incumbent firms, encouraging small firms to undertake less efficient activities, or creating arbitrage and rent-seeking activity.
10-September-2016
English
This policy paper provides an overview of OECD work on measuring the extent and impact of public support for R&D through tax incentives. It discusses the policy rationale for tax incentives in the broader context of public support for business R&D, describing the main features of different modes of expenditure-based tax relief for R&D.
9-September-2016
English
A December 2015 workshop in Lausanne reviewed the policy and stakeholder actions needed to accelerate biomedical research and health innovation for Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. There is consensus across all stakeholders to move from global agenda setting in Alzheimer’s disease to action oriented programmes and implementation.
9-September-2016
English
The OECD Reviews of Innovation Policy offer a comprehensive assessment of the innovation system of individual OECD countries and partner economies, focusing on the role of government. They provide concrete recommendations on how to improve policies that affect innovation performance, including R&D policies. Each review identifies good practices from which other countries can learn.
5-septembre-2016
Français
Les chefs d’État et de gouvernement réunis à l’occasion du Sommet du G20 qui s’est tenu à Hangzhou en Chine ont demandé à l'OCDE d’apporter son concours à l’élaboration d’un programme d’action visant à bâtir une économie mondiale plus forte, plus innovante et plus inclusive.
17-August-2016
English
National intellectual property (IP) systems can play a pivotal role in fostering innovation and knowledge diffusion. This report analyses Kazakhstan’s IP system with regards to its support of the country’s innovation performance. In particular, it assesses the organisation and governance of Kazakhstan's IP system as well as the needs and challenges faced by different groups of actual and potential IP users – ranging from universities and public research institutions to state-owned enterprises and small businesses. The review provides a comprehensive set of statistics describing the use of IP in Kazakhstan in recent years, identifies the system’s strengths and weaknesses, and presents a range of specific policy recommendations to address existing challenges.
26-July-2016
English
With the emergence of global value chains (GVCs), production processes are increasingly fragmented and dispersed across different countries. Although many MNEs still exhibit an important ‘home bias’ in their global innovation activities, a growing number of firms have offshored R&D and innovative activities to foreign locations.
7-juillet-2016
Français
Ce rapport propose une nouvelle approche intégrée pour promouvoir la productivité et réduire les inégalités. Il présente les études empiriques les plus récentes sur les principaux facteurs qui expliquent le ralentissement des gains de productivité et la hausse ou la persistance des inégalités mais aussi discute des liens possibles entre ces deux tendances et de leurs éventuels fondements communs.
6-July-2016
English
Blog post on how Mexico's commitment to open data is helping to bring a broad range of innovative services to citizens.
1-juillet-2016
Français
L’économie numérique est une réalité. Elle gagne chaque jour un peu plus de terrain, parfois avec des résultats surprenants. À l’heure où se tiennent des réunions ministérielles majeures, à Paris et à Cancún, les dirigeants ne doivent pas douter de leur rôle décisif dans la concrétisation du potentiel de l’économie numérique au service de la productivité et de l’inclusivité.