International Comparisons of Innovation Policies A Status Report

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• International Comparisons of Innovation
  PoliciesA Status Report

Georg Licht Centre for European Economic Research
(ZEW), Mannheim
Trend Chart Policy Benchmarking
WorkshopImproving Transnational Policy Learning
in Innovation Luxembourg, November 27-28, 2002
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• Project Team

• Christian Rammer, Georg Licht, Jürgen Egeln ZEW,
  Mannheim
• Wolfgang Polt, Andreas Fier, Andreas Schibany
  Joanneum Research, Vienna
• National Correspondents USA, UK, France, Japan,
  Finland (core countries)
• Time Frame June 2002 - November 2003

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• Core Questions

• Direct (project based grants) vs. indirect
  funding (e.g. tax incentives) fostering RD in
  private sector
• Competition between public research institutes as
  a funding device
• Fostering technology transfer between PRI and the
  private sector
• Relation of EU funding and national RD policy
• Recent innovations in innovation policy schemes

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• Areas of Work

• Recent development and trends
• Relation EU - national policies
• Identification of advanced practice examples
  w.r.t. core questions
• Implications for German innovation policy

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• Steps

• Identification of core questions (German
  perspective)
• Basic quantitative indicators reflecting
  innovation policy developments
• Analysing Policy Mix using Trend Chart Database
• Role of national experts
• Identification of national experts
• Questionnaire send to national experts expert
  workshop
• Reports from national experts based on
  questionnaire
• Workshop with policy makers and national experts
• Draft and redrafting of country specific trends
  and developments
• Identification of advanced mechanisms
• Detailed description and evaluation of policy
  instrument strongly based on experience of
  national experts

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• Share of Public Support in Private Sector RD
  1981-99

Source OECD (2001) MSTI
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• Types of Government Support 1980-1999

Government support in Mio. , current prices
Source BMBF
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• Trend in (civilian) Direct RD Support by
  Technologies 1980-99

Government support in Mio. , current prices
Source BMBF
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• Indirect RD Support of the Federal Government
  1980-99

Government support in Mio. , current prices
Source BMBF
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• Innovations in Innovation Policy - A Stylised
  Example

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• Tax Incentives