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A cat's cradle for policy

Nature volume 455, pages 462–463 (2008)Cite this article

The OECD is developing a strategy for nations to measure and ultimately promote innovation. It requires knowledge of a complex system, say Fred Gault and Susanne Huttner.

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  1. http://www.oecd.org/mcm2007.

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  1. Fred Gault is a member of the Management Team of the OECD Innovation Strategy and a visiting fellow at the Canadian International Development Research Centre, PO Box 8500, Ottawa K1G 3H9, Canada. fgault@idrc.ca ,

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  2. Susanne Huttner co-ordinates work on the OECD Innovation Strategy and is director of the Science, Technology and Industry Directorate at the OECD, 2, rue André-Pascal, 75775 Paris, CEDEX 16, France.,

    Susanne Huttner

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