Innovation Policy

Innovation is the product of intentional human endeavor. Countries seeking world-leading innovative enterprises and industries need to implement thoughtful and effective national innovation systems, and supporting policy instruments, to maximize their innovation potential. Reports here review the innovation systems/policies of GTIPA-member nations.

The U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC) In Detail

During the TTC’s inaugural meeting in Pittsburgh on September 29, U.S. and EU leaders identified five issue areas that the various working groups will focus on until their next meeting in spring of 2022. To learn more about the structure of the TTC and its working groups, read The U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC) in Detail.

The Bertelsmann Foundation (North America) Tue, 02/15/2022

Stylized Facts on the Evolution of the Enterprise Size Distribution in India’s Manufacturing Sector

This paper seeks to review the role of MSMEs in employment generation by examining key stylized facts and trends on the evolution of the enterprise size

ICRIERMon, 02/14/2022

Report: Saudi Arabia – An Example of Innovation

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a country with many interesting characteristics, it has an area of 2,149,690 km² and a population of 32,275,687 inhabitants in 2016. It is known worldwide for being the leading oil exporting country and has important relations with the USA and the European Union. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is home to the holiest places of Islam, such as the city of Mecca, where the Great Mosque is located, and the city of Medina, where the Prophet’s Mosque is located.

Mon, 02/14/2022

Weaving Strategic-Industry Competitiveness Into the Fabric of U.S. Economic Policy

Meeting the challenge of China’s mercantilist, state-directed economy will require much more than piecemeal competitiveness initiatives, as important as they are. It is time to incorporate a competitiveness focus into most if not all major areas of U.S. policy affecting the economy.

Information Technology and Innovation FoundationMon, 02/07/2022

OPINION: Canada's Investment Imperative: Stronger Business Investment. Can We Get It?

The Bank of Canada’s latest Monetary Policy Report, issued with its interest rate decision last week, highlighted the importance of business investment to Canada’s economy in two ways.

C.D. Howe Institute Wed, 02/02/2022

The geopolitics of climate change and cleantech

The quest to decarbonize the global economy by 2050 has led to a sizable shift in investment toward “cleantech”. But the road to a carbon-neutral world must pass through a quagmire of economic nationalism, inward-looking domestic politics, and a new kind of climate-driven realpolitik.

Hinrich FoundationWed, 02/02/2022

Readiness for Frontier Technologies Index 2021

The Jordan Strategy Forum (JSF) published a “Knowledge is Power” report entitled “Readiness for Frontier Technologies Index 2021”, issued by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNCTAD in 2021. The report sheds light on Jordan’s performance on the index and draws some recommendations to enhance its ability in becoming an advanced “catch-up innovation economy”.

Jordan Strategy ForumTue, 02/01/2022

Patent activity of German departmental research institutions: declining trend download

The departmental research institutions are required to conduct research in addition to their ministerial advisory tasks and to increasingly convert this into patents. But after an increase from 2005 to 2014, their patent applications have recently been declining again.

German Economic InstituteTue, 02/01/2022

Value for Money

How the Federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Can Transform Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation in California

The Bay Area Council Economic InstituteTue, 01/25/2022

Persistent production gaps due to input bottlenecks

The German economy is burdened by the ongoing problems in procuring advance services. Three quarters of companies are currently reporting production losses averaging 7%. The situation will only improve significantly from the second half of 2022. But even in 2023, almost half of private-sector companies still expect failures. In addition to the lack of preliminary work, the lack of skilled workers is a permanent brake on production.

German Economic InstituteMon, 01/24/2022

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