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Insights blogpost: OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard: Innovation and Growth in Knowledge Economies

22-Sep-2011

This blogpost from the OECD Insights Blog sets out some of the main findings from the OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2011, including where scientific research is being done and what impact it has, how patents are tracking the impact of science and more. 

Innovation and stimulating change in business practice and consumer behaviour

24-May-2011

Watch this recording of the 2011 OECD Forum session on innovation and stimulating change with Simon Brooks, European Investment Bank; Marie-Louise Knuppert, Danish Confederation of Trade Unions; and Björn Stigson, World Business Council for Sustainable Development.

OECD Reviews of Regional Innovation: Regions and Innovation Policy

04-May-2011

This review addresses the needs of national and regional governments for greater clarity on how to strengthen the innovation capacity of regions to boost national performance. It is part of wider OECD work on regional development and supports the OECD Innovation Strategy.

Better policies for better lives: The OECD at 50 and beyond

03-May-2011

The OECD’s 50th Anniversary is an opportunity to reaffirm what we stand for and what we are about. After 50 years, our objective is and remains to help member and partner country’s governments to formulate and implement better policies for better lives.

OECD Insights Blog - Money alone won’t make Europe innovative

14-Feb-2011

Andrew Wyckoff

What deep structural changes does Europe need to consider if it's to keep up in innovation? Andrew Wyckoff, Director of Science, Technology and Industry at the OECD addresses this and more in this OECD Insights blogpost. 

The OECD’s Innovation Strategy: Policies to Turn Ideas into Human Progress

20-Jul-2010

Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General

In this speech, Angel Gurría called for countries to rethink their policies to nurture and guide innovation, noting that innovation needs to be seen as a system.

Making innovation strategy succeed in a globalised world

08-Jun-2009

Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General

In his remarks delivered at the International Economic Forum of the Americas, Mr. Gurría affirmed that innovation will be the key to foster economic growth and to tackle the major global and social challenges ...

Nowcasting Patent Indicators (STI Working Paper 2007/3)

12-Oct-2007

by Hélène Dernis

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.

Valuation and Exploitation of Intellectual Property (STI Working Paper 2006/5)

30-Jun-2006

by Shigeki Kamiyama, Jerry Sheehan and Catalina Martinez

This paper examines recent evidence and also reviews macroeconomic statistics related to the development of technology markets. It examines approaches to the valuation of patents and the policy initiatives undertaken by OECD countries to foster patent valuation and exploitation.

Tax Treatment of Business Investments in Intellectual Assets: An International Comparison (STI Working Paper 2006/4)

22-May-2006

by Jacek Warda, JW Innovation Associates, Inc.

This paper examines the tax treatment of corporate expenditures on selected intellectual assets and develops an indicator of the relative generosity of tax systems in OECD countries to such investments.