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I updated the Wikipedia page on Innovation to include the pilot NESTA Innovation metric. I encourage other NESTA/InnovIndex contributors to share your innovation knowledge, by updating missing important innovation issues on Wikipedia.

See Obama speech (21 Sept 09) and white paper written by National Economic Council - Larry Summers at http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/nec/StrategyforAmericanInnovation/

Speech linked to blog post - http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/A-Vision-for-Innovation-Growth-and-Qualit… Continue

At a conference at Melbourne University, I attended this week (Creating the Knowledge Economy), Professor Johnathan Ross of the AIRC (www.airc.org.au) - Australian Innovation Research Centre, based at the University of Tasmania announced his work on a Tasmanian Innovation Census, which involved talking to every firm in Tasmania with more than five people, to find out about their innovation.

See their report here - http://www.airc.org.au/extras/949.AIRC9007%20Inno%20Tas%20Report_Small_Fil… Continue

See the press release (30.07.2008) for the 2008 Aust Innovation Report here - http://www.melbourneinstitute.com/news/news/media_releases/2008/IBMMELB2008.html

and the pdf report here -
http://www.melbourneinstitute.com/publications/innovation/IBM_MI_Innovation_Index_2nd_Ed.pdf

Covers business in… Continue

See US Dept of Commerce (Bureau of Economic Analysis) latest consideration of measuring innovation and related intangibles in satellite national accounts, including measuring human capital, what is innovation, and deflator's to treating innovation/intangibles as investment.

Definition of innovation considered from ASTRA (Innovation Vital Signs project 2007 - online at http://www.usinnovation.org/files/Defining_Innovation807.pdf).

Report at http://www.bea.gov/scb/pdf/2009/01%20January/0109_inno… Continue