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A New Economy?
THE CHANGING ROLE OF INNOVATION
AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN GROWTH A New Economy?
What is driving recent growth in OECD countries? Why is it that their levels of GDP per capita are no
longer converging? Why is it that some countries, operating at the technological frontier, where A New Economy?
advances are difficult, appear to be widening the gap? Whether or not it is appropriate to speak of a THE CHANGING ROLE OF
"new economy", innovation and technology play crucial roles. INNOVATION AND INFORMATION
This study shows that ess requires not some silver bullet, but a range plementary factors TECHNOLOGY IN GROWTH
that support the innovation-intensive growth exemplified by new information munication
technologies such as the and applications like merce. Supportive
policies include those favourable to innovative start-ups and to financial systems able to support
them, those that facilitate the anisation required to reap the full benefits of ICT, regulatory and THE CHANGING ROLE OF INNOVATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN GROWTH INFORMATION SOCIETY
institutional frameworks that facilitate links between science and industry, and efforts to train and
obtain the necessary human capital, as well as public support for basic scientific research. While this
study is far from exhaustive, it represents an important step in understanding the conditions under
which economies flourish.
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