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- ISSN : 18151973 (en ligne)
- https://doi.org/10.1787/18151973
Strengthening Innovation in the Netherlands
Making Better Use of Knowledge Creation in Innovation Activities
Strengthening the innovation system in the Netherlands is a priority for raising productivity
growth, which has been relatively weak in recent years. Knowledge creation in the Netherlands is strong
-- scientific publications per capita are the sixth highest in the OECD -- but innovation activity is only
around the average for OECD countries according to the EIS Summary Innovation Index. The main
weaknesses are in business R&D intensity, the share of the population with tertiary education, and in
commercially applying new knowledge. This paper discusses reforms being implemented to overcome
these weaknesses and suggests directions for building on such reforms. Co-operation between public
research organisations and innovating firms is being strengthened, support for innovation is being
rationalised and measures are being taken to increase both the current and prospective supply of scientists
and engineers with a view to making the Netherlands a more attractive location for R&D investments. To
increase the tertiary attainment rate, the authorities are considering introducing shorter tertiary courses and
are experimenting with greater competition among tertiary education suppliers for public funds. To
strengthen performance in commercial application of new knowledge, barriers to entrepreneurship are
being reduced but more should be done to strengthen incentives for entrepreneurship.
This Working Paper relates to the 2005 OECD Economic Survey of the Netherlands
(www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/netherlands).
Mots-clés: tertiary education, tertiary attainment, public research organisations, entry barriers, factor analysis, intellectual property rights, skilled migration, innovation, product market competition, Netherlands, EIS, scientists and engineers, patents, R&D, regulatory reforms
JEL:
O38: Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth / Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights / Technological Change: Government Policy;
O33: Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth / Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights / Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes;
O39: Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth / Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights / Technological Change: Other;
O31: Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth / Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights / Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives;
I2: Health, Education, and Welfare / Education and Research Institutions;
O34: Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth / Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights / Intellectual Property and Intellectual Capital;
O52: Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth / Economywide Country Studies / Economywide Country Studies: Europe
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