OECD Reviews of Innovation Policy: Korea

28-Jul-2009

This new book assesses Korea's innovation system and policies, and identifies where and how the government should focus its efforts to improve the country's innovation capabilities.

Innovation: A stocktaking of existing OECD work

03-Feb-2009

This working paper forms part of the first phase of work on the OECD Innovation Strategy. It draws on OECD work from the last 10 years to provide a broad overview of “what we know” about good policy practices for innovation.

Measuring China's Innovation System: National Specificities and International Comparisons

16-Jan-2009

This working paper discusses actors and resources in China's science and innovation system, science and technology performance, and general purpose technologies. It provided input to the recently published OECD Review of China's Innovation Policy. The annex to this paper assesses international comparability of China's S&T indicators.

Hungary should boost innovation to drive economic growth, says OECD

20-Oct-2008

Hungary should invest more in research and development (R&D) to make its economy more competitive and boost growth, according to a new OECD report.

Open Innovation in Global Networks

07-Oct-2008

Businesses are increasingly internationalising their innovation activities and working with external partners. This new publication examines what drives companies to collaborate on R&D with international partners and how global networks fit into overall business strategies.

Chile should boost innovation to drive economic growth, says OECD

08-Nov-2007

Chile needs to invest more in research and development (R&D), improve its education system, promote public-private partnerships and foster business-sector innovation, notably among small and medium-sized firms, in order to sustain economic growth, according to a new OECD report.

Further reforms would boost innovation in China, says OECD

27-Aug-2007

China needs a better return on its fast-rising investments in research and development (R&D) and higher education if it is to meet its goal of becoming an “innovation-oriented” economy by 2020, according to a new OECD report.

New Zealand should strengthen its policies to foster innovation, says OECD

20-Aug-2007

New Zealand should strengthen its support for research and innovation to boost economic growth, according to a new OECD report.

OECD workshop on demand-led innovation policies

from 14-Sep-2009 to 15-Sep-2009

A key finding from this workshop was that governments need to align technology-push instruments like grants and incentives for R&D with demand-pull policy instruments such as public procurement and regulations. The discussions and expert presentations provided further insights and examples as to how countries are attempting to implement this in practice.

Workshop on Policy Coherence in the Application of Information and Communication Technologies for Development

from 10-Sep-2009 to 11-Sep-2009

Information communication technologies (ICTs)s are crucial to reducing poverty, improving access to health and education services and  creating new sources of income and employment for the poor. But there are substantial discrepancies in access to ICTs between, but also within, countries, depending on key factors such as gender, rural coverage, skills and educational levels.
This workshop, organised jointly by the World Bank/infoDev and the OECD, aims to share best practices in coherent approaches to meeting development objectives laid out by Ministers.

OECD Workshop on Demand-Led Innovation Policies

from 14-Sep-2009 to 15-Sep-2009

The OECD Workshop on Demand-led Innovation Policies will be held on 14-15 September 2009 at the OECD Headquarters in Paris.

The aim of this workshop  is thus to exchange views and draw lessons from a range of demand-side innovation policies, including public procurement, regulations, standards and lead markets.

Workshop on Innovation for Development: Converting Knowledge to Value

from 28-Jan-2009 to 30-Jan-2009

This workshop examined ways in which knowledge contributes to innovation, especially in developing countries. These include knowledge produced formally through research and development, and knowledge from informal and indigenous sources, that can be combined to produce value.

Symposium on Global Open Innovation Networks

on 23-Jan-2009

This symposium at the OECD headquarters in Paris will examine the phenomenon of global open innovation from the perspective of companies and research organisations in France and Europe.  Bringing together business representatives from leading companies such GE Research, IBM, Deutsch Telekom, as well as public research organisations like the Pasteur Institut and INRIA, it will also assess the international variations in open innovation practices.

Joint OECD-French Government International Workshop on Women in Scientific Careers, Paris (France)

from 16-Nov-2005 to 17-Nov-2005

This workshop is part of the OECD's response to this Ministerial mandate and brought together representatives from academia, public sector research and the business community to share experience and draw lessons and recommendations for all stakeholders.