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- ISSN: 18151973 (online)
- https://doi.org/10.1787/18151973
Stimulating Innovation in Russia
The Role of Institutions and Policies
This paper examines the potential role of innovation policy in enhancing long-term productivity
growth in Russia. It begins by exploring the role of framework conditions for business in encouraging
innovative activities, particularly with respect to intellectual property rights and competition. Realising
Russia’s innovation potential will also require reform of the large public science sector. This raises issues
pertaining to the organisation and financing of public research bodies and, in particular, to the incentives
and opportunities they face in commercialising the results of their research. Finally, the paper looks at the
potential role of direct interventions, such as special economic zones and technoparks, as well as the scope
for improving the tax regime for private-sector R&D.
Keywords: productivity, technology, innovation, patents, Russia, research and development, technology transfer, venture capital, intellectual property, science, competition, ICT, tax, computers
JEL:
L52: Industrial Organization / Regulation and Industrial Policy / Industrial Policy; Sectoral Planning Methods;
O31: Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth / Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights / Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives;
O34: Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth / Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights / Intellectual Property and Intellectual Capital;
L11: Industrial Organization / Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance / Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms;
O38: Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth / Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights / Technological Change: Government Policy
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