Innovation policy

A new government policy paper puts the emphasis on public procurement, lead markets and a more international approach.

An OECD conference highlights the hottest trend in corporate R&D. But take heed: in business or politics, beware too much success, says Richard L. Hudson.

For two years France’s industrial innovation agency put large sums of public money into big company R&D projects. No longer.

Biotech organisations in one of Europe’s leading bioclusters are to discuss how to increase public–private collaborations in the field of biosystems.

Science|Business launches a series of news and events to prompt debate on a vital policy question: How do you encourage enterprise in science?

Director Leon Sandler talks about how MIT’s Deshpande Center is attracting a combination of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and managers to jump start new ideas in science and technology.

Iain Gray, former managing director of Airbus UK, has taken up his post as the first Chief Executive of the government-funded body set up to promote and invest in R&D for technology and innovation.

The European Policy Centre, a Brussels policy think-tank, has called on the European Union to adopt a more market-oriented approach to innovation policy.