INNOVATION POLICY Sample Clauses

INNOVATION POLICY. Deriving from the OECD Reviews of Innovation Policy: Slovenia (OECD, 2012), Slovenia should first and foremost address the following issues: improving the framework conditions for innovations; strengthening the human resources base for science, technology and innovation; improving governance of the innovation system and general governance; the alignment of policies and specific policy instruments; the management of universities and public research organisations; performance of evaluations; strengthening of innovations for the business sector; the reinforcement of links within the innovation system; work on xxxxxxxx xxxx; excellence and the relevance of public research, and improving the benefits of internationalising R&D activities and innovation. Another of Slovenia’s objective is to increase the share of innovation-active enterprises, which stood at 49.4% in the 2008–2010 period, 3.5 percentage points below the EU average. The share of these enterprises was higher in processing activities (54.4%), while it only reached 44.7% in service activities. New technologies generate an array of opportunities for innovations in all economic activities; however, service enterprises tend to engage in non-technological innovations almost three times as much as in technological innovations. While certain innovation policy measures do produce good results in terms of increased numbers of patents or scientific publications, others perform worse as regards the application of new knowledge through the sale of new products and services in domestic and foreign markets. Investments in non-technological innovation have also decreased considerably.32 Against the backdrop of serious contractions of technologically less complex and less competitive branches of processing activities during the crisis, the share of technologically complex branches grew considerably in the 2008– 2010 period and surpassed the EU average. However, the technological structure of goods export still lags behind the EU average33, which should be improved in the future. There is still considerable room for improvement in searching for opportunities for joint investments of national and international sources in the field of RDI, in particular in smart specialisation. Better cooperation between domestic and foreign (large) enterprises with SMEs and start-ups should be established in order to help SMEs integrate into global value chains and facilitate their internationalisation. Eco-innovations and the develo...
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INNOVATION POLICY. “Innovation policy may […] be understood as actions by public organizations that influence innovation processes, i.
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  • Cancellation Policy In the event that you must cancel your reservation, please be aware that cancellations must occur at least 30 days prior to the arrival date. If cancellation occurs 30 days or more prior to arrival date all monies will be refunded with the exception of a $100.00 administrative fee.

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