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Politics: United States Chamber of Commerce and BUSINESSEUROPE Joint Statement on Customs in TTIP
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and BUSINESSEUROPE, representing the interests of millions of businesses and organizations of all sizes, sectors and regions in both the United States and the European Union, submit these recommendations in advance of the 11th negotiating round of the Transatlantic Tra...
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Google+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, ...
Competitiveness: Czech Republic 31st in WEF Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016. Up six places, but competing for what? (updated)
On 30 September, the Global Economic Forum published their Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016, looking at the competitiveness of 140 countries around the globe; Czech Republic being one of them. The Czech Republic ranked 31st, up six places compared with the 2014 report (but - up (only) two p...
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...
Competitiveness: The Economist Intelligence Unit: Innovating through pratneships: Supply chains...
This article series, written by The Economist Intelligence Unit, explores how senior executives across an array of different industries are achieving remarkable innovations through their supply chains...Read more....
Strategic Directions for Czech Economic Policy
- Transition to High-Tech Manufacturing and Exports
- The City Campus as Idea Factory
- Government Programs and Processes That Drive Innovation
- Government as a Competitive Advantage, including Digitization
Advocacy Priorities for 2023
Technology, People, Infrastructure
Actions Recommended in Areas:
1. Establishing Policy Objectives for Research.
2. Research Investment and Cooperation. Big Bets (Key Technology Projects).
3. Establishing Databases for Tracking Public Policy Outcomes.
4. Public Procurement as an Innovation Tool.
5. Immigration of STEM Talents.
6. Digitization of Immigration.
7. Adult Reskilling and Upskilling.
8. Digitization of Land Use.
9. Infrastructure Development, including Technology Parks.
Read the documents in English and Czech.
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