Innovation policy

The UK is to back up a review of science and innovation policy by former science minister David Sainsbury with £1 billion over the next three years to boost business innovation and technology development.

Jozef Cornu, an Alcatel-Lucent director, argues that Europe can repeat its GSM success story in other technology fields – if the EU acts fast.

China needs a better return on its fast-rising investments in R&D and higher education if it is to become an “innovation-oriented” economy by 2020, OECD.

Don’t mistake science policy for innovation policy, says Richard Halkett,from NESTA, the UK’s National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts.

The preliminary findings of an investigation into the innovation performance of Russia and Ukraine placed them 27th and 35th respectively out of 36 countries considered in the study.

Is medical research worth the money? The UK Medical Research Council has commissioned to find out the answer.

The United Kingdom is the leading knowledge economy according to the London-based think tank, The Work Foundation.

Innovation policy focuses on technology-driven industries such as electronics and pharmaceuticals. But it’s happening elsewhere too.

Microsoft’s Jean-Philippe Courtois thinks Europe is an innovative place. But, he says, there are some clear gaps.

The latest buzzword among Brussels technocrats is “lead markets”. And it’s going to be put into action, on an experimental basis, in 2007.