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Innovation and Regional Policy

Innovation and Regional Policy. Andrew Davies, head of unit, regional innovation and competitiveness andrew.davies@oecd.org. Policy streams converging: regions are where innovation happens…. And now Economy and Finance – innovation’s role in moving out of recession.

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Innovation and Regional Policy

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  1. Innovation and Regional Policy Andrew Davies, head of unit, regional innovation and competitiveness andrew.davies@oecd.org

  2. Policy streams converging: regions are where innovation happens… And now Economy and Finance – innovation’s role in moving out of recession

  3. But new policy environment challenges how innovation performance is measured

  4. R&D-led innovation maps suggest inertia… Patents per million inhabitants, 2002-4

  5. …but there is rapid progress in other places – esp. regions with autonomy… Top ten performers in terms of growth rates over the last ten years Red = patenting Dark blue = business R&D Dark green = public R&D GDP growth improves after 3-5 year time lag…

  6. In these regions: Public R&D as a percentage of regional GDP is low Firms engage less in R&D (less than 50% of innovative firms engage in R&D) Fewer jobs are in high technology sectors …and regions only weakly engaged in R&D-based innovation still grow Yet this group have above average GDP growth…Good at absorbing, entrepreneurial, non-tech innovators

  7. But growth in OECD regions dwarfed by growth in (some) Asian regions Shanghai aims to increase R&D intensity to 3.3% by 2020…

  8. The scope for regional intervention is becoming clearer…

  9. …with some general models, but no clear best practice… ↔ = both central and regional levels involved ↓ = essentially a regional responsibility; ↑ = essentially a regional responsibility Source: Based on Technopolis et al. (2006)

  10. OECD research agenda • A series of Regional Innovation Reviews (e.g., north of England, Piedmont, Catalonia…) • Contributing to the OECD Innovation Strategy – the regional dimension • OECD Ministerial (31 March) and Regional Policy Forum (30 March) feature innovation • Collaboration with EU on policy analysis

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