Download or read book Competitiveness, innovation and regulatory reform written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Alan Nymark was Deputy Minister in (OECD) has vigorously promoted regulatory reform and governments the departments of the environment, worldwide have introduced programs or initiatives to simplify their customs and revenue, and human regulatory environments and increase their economic competitiveness. [...] He The Government of Canada has looked most recently at the regulatory held senior executive positions in the system and regulatory reform through reports such as, Smart fields of health, industry and science policy, trade negotiations, and the Regulation: A Regulatory Strategy for Canada (2004) and Compete to Privy Council Office. [...] In its 2009 report, Innovation and Business Strategy, the Council suggested the need for public policies to: encourage investment in R&D, in particular in information and communications technologies; increase the exposure of Canadian business to competition and promote a stronger export orientation on the part of Canadian firms, especially those situated downstream in the value chain; improve earl [...] This strategy of extending the innovation strategy to eco-innovation, and recognizing the need to spur both industrial and energy transformations as sources of new engines for economic growth is perhaps the most profound challenge to our regulators, economy, and society in more than a generation. [...] In the US, the Obama Administration made the green economy and green jobs a centerpiece of its stimulus package in 2009 and highlighted it again in the 2010 State of the Union Address.