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Innovation,
in its broadest sense, is about improving performance by doing something
differently. Innovation is the successful exploitation of new ideas. It can
result in new technologies, new products and processes, novel services and means
of delivery, changes in business models, and the exploitation of new markets.
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Science
and technology - the strength of the
science base
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country�s ability to generate new
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Technology
commercialisation
� innovating to translate
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commercially successful ideas.�
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Knowledge
transfer � effective collaboration
and information
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Receptiveness to foreign
ideas
� alertness to the ideas of
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worldwide sources of technical
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Last updated on 20 November 2003