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Stimulating Innovation in Russia

The Role of Institutions and Policies You or your institution have access to this content

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Author(s):
Christian Gianella, William Tompson
15 Jan 2007
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No.:
539
Pages:
47
http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/324526053041

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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:
technology, technology transfer, research and development, ICT, innovation, computers, patents, venture capital, tax, productivity, Russia, intellectual property, competition, science
JEL Classification:
  • L11: Industrial Organization / Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance / Production, Pricing, and Market Structure ; Size Distribution of Firms
  • 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
  • O38: Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth / Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights / Government Policy
 
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