OECD Reviews of Innovation Policy: Croatia 2013

This OECD Review of Innovation Policy in Croatia offers a comprehensive assessment of the innovation system of Croatia, focusing on the role of government. It suggests that EU integration opens a window of opportunity for strengthening Croatia's science, technology and innovation systems, and recommends that Croatia improve governance, rebalance the innovation mix and do more to foster business innovation.

Contents:

+ Abbreviations and acronyms

+ Executive summary

++ Overall assessment and recommendations
-Introduction
-Achievements and challenges: Progress on innovation capacity building has not yet yielded the expected results
-Main strengths and weaknesses of the Croatian innovation system
-Scope for improving innovation policy
-Strategic tasks and guiding principles
-Recommendations
++ Évaluation d’ensemble et recommandations
-Introduction
-Réalisations et défis : Les progrès accomplis en matière de renforcement des capacités n’ont toujours pas produit les résultats escomptés
-Principales forces et faiblesses du système d’innovation de la Croatie
-Améliorations à apporter à la politique d’innovation
-Tâches stratégiques et principes directeurs
-Recommandations

+ Chapter 1. Economic performance and framework conditions for innovation
-1.1. Macroeconomic performance and productivity growth
-1.2. International trade and foreign direct investment
-1.3. Structural change: Production and international trade
-1.4. Framework conditions for innovation
-1.5. The role of innovation in Croatia’s future economic development
-References

+ Chapter 2. Innovation performance
-2.1. Innovation inputs
-2.2. Innovation outputs
-2.3. Knowledge flows and internationalisation
-2.4. Impact of innovation
-References

Chapter 3. Innovation actors
-3.1. The business sector
-3.2. Universities (higher education institutions)
-3.3. Public research institutes
-References

+ Chapter 4. The role of government
-4.1. The evolution of Croatia’s science, technology and innovation policy
-4.2. The governance system: The main actors and their roles
-4.3. The policy mix: portfolio and balance of instruments
-4.4. International sources of funding for innovation
-4.5. Strategic tasks of innovation policy: A functional assessment
-References

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