Economic policy / Technology, R&D and Innovation
This section reports on economic policy initiatives of the Czech government, the EU, and other entities that have a direct impact on the competitiveness of the country. It also includes information on economic priorities of the AmCham and other leading associations.
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OECD: Czech R&D expenditures of 2% of GDP slightly above EU average, bellow OECD average. UNESCO Women in science data inside
OECD recently published data on R&D expenditures for 41 countries, including the Czech Republic. The country, with R&D expenditures amounting to 2% of GDP (622.9 USD per capita (2014)) ranks slightly above the EU average, but bellow the OECD average. South Korea spends 4.29% of its GDP on research and development, followed by Israel with 4.11% and Japan with 3.58% of GDP in 2015.
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Economic Policy: OECD: Governments must step up R&D in frontier technology
OECD published their Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2015 report on 19 October...Cuts to R&D spending threaten to destabilise science and research systems in many advanced economies, the OECD warns. Given that 70% of R&D in the OECD area takes place within the business sector, ...
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Economic Policy: Czech Statistical Office: R&D expenditures in 2014 up by 10%, Brno leads in innovation dynamics
Czech R&D expenditures amounted to CZK 85.1bn in 2014, which is an increase by 10% (CZK 7.3bn) year-on-year, Czech Statistical Office informed on 15 October. The intensity of R&D, i.e. share of the expenditures on GDP reached the level of 2% for the first time. In the past three years, pri...
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