Regional innovation polices: impact and evaluation Vincenzo Spiezia Senior Economist Directorate for Science, Technology & Industry OECD SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL ON INNOVATION AND REGIONAL POLICY 6 June 2008 Lisbon (Portugal) Input/ Output ProcessComparability CostsPolicy InternalExternal over time across regions SWOT WWWWWSW Benchmarking SWWSSSW Profile WSWSWSW Institutions survey WSSSWSW Firms survey SSSSWWS S = strengthsW = weakness Multiregional firms are more innovative Knowledge comes from different places but few firms learns from other regions Increase knowledge transfers among regions More multiregional innovators in US and Japan than in EU Policy to foster regional learning in EU? Short-run cooperation with local firms Policy to foster firm-university cooperation ? OECD Patent Database is a rich source of informationOECD Patent Database is a rich source of information analysis can be targeted on the needs of specific CPMR regionsanalysis can be targeted on the needs of specific CPMR regions..to benchmark themselves against other EU or OECD regions..to benchmark themselves against other EU or OECD regions We would be happy to contributeWe would be happy to contribute