@charlesemcivor
🇨🇦 Science, technology and innovation policy wonk. Currently focused on mission-oriented innovation policy at the OECD. I run a newsletter in my free time on innovation policy: https://innovationinthenews.substack.com/
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10. Superstar Firms through the Generations identifies how different generations give rise to certain types of firms — industrialists in the 1900s, retail in the 70s and 80s — and that their dominance has remained.
www.nber.org/papers/w34194
9. What is causing weak business investment? This OECD report attributes at least part of this trend to more dividend payments and share buybacks, while the required rates of return on investment from elsewhere is making businesses more risk averse
www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
8. As universities are expected to perform more and more roles for society, does this make sense? Ben Reinhardt takes a step back and makes the case for unbundling the university.
www.unbundle-the-university.com
7. Carrot first, stick second? The order/sequence of environmental policy instruments for adoption of green technologies significantly influences the adoption of environmental technologies.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
6. The team behind the CHIPS Act sat down for an interview, revealing the key aspects of dealmaking — rebuffing the accusations of everything bagel economics and discussing what really mattered to companies during the negotiations of this funding.
www.statecraft.pub/p/did-the-ch...
5. Canada’s brain drain seems to be getting worse and worse. One study found that between 1997–2021, Canada produced at least 53 founders that founded unicorn companies in the US, while Canada has only 31 unicorns itself.
achintyac.substack.com/p/brain-drain
4. How does China do industrial policy? Decoding China’s Industrial Policies explores central, provincial and municipal industrial policies in China over the last twenty years, and the policy mix’s effect on firm performance and productivity.
www.nber.org/papers/w33814
3. How should you do industrial policy? The European Commission released this great framework on how to assess and prioritise sectors.
single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/publications...
2. What are the key trends in STI policy? The @oecdinnovation.bsky.social STI Outlook is THE flagship report that brings together all of our research over the last two years.
www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
1. How does Korea use Mission Oriented Innovation Policies to address societal challenges and advance technological leadership? Check out this report from yours truly with lots of interesting insights.
www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
Every day this year, my newsletter, Innovation in the News, brings together articles on innovation policy from around the world. To wrap things up, here’s my annual roundup of the pieces that stood out the most to me from 2025. See more details here:
innovationinthenews.substack.com/p/charless-f...
Always very helpful! It would be nice if you labeled the X axis. This is since May?
Europe’s innovation agencies are stuck in old habits — grant-giving, compliance, and rigid oversight — when the world needs institutions that **learn, adapt, and lead**.
Full article 👉 www.socialeurope.eu/europes-inno...
I keep saying I think you could see a comeback of VHS because of its time-bound nature compared to Netflix. Parents want their kids to watch TV and movies but not without limits
🚀 From Canada to the @oecd-ocde.bsky.social in Paris, Innovation, Public Policy and Public Value MPA graduate @charlesemcivor.bsky.social is using systems thinking to shape global innovation policy.
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Do you want to work at the OECD on mission-oriented policies? Check out this new job posting on my (very nice and smart) team:
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7. The Techno-Industrial Policy Playbook — includes policy briefs on over two dozen issues from @ifp.bsky.social
www.rebuilding.tech
6. Innovations in Innovation Policy - Bringing together experts from across STI and policy making, this book presents thought leadership pieces that addresses what the future of innovation policy looks like @jen-nelles.bsky.social @timvorley.bsky.social
www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook-o...
5. Ten physical realities the energy transition must tackle from McKinsey
www.mckinsey.com/mgi/our-rese...
4. Brain Drain CA - A data-focused blog on Canada’s brain drain
achintyac.substack.com/p/brain-drain
3. What the UK should learn from Bidenomics - A paper based on interviews with senior US economic policy makers inside and outside of the Biden administration
www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcb...
2. How to Fix a Government Department’s Funding Tools - An interview with Narayan Subramanian, former Biden administration advisor to the Secretary at the DOE and Director for Energy Transition at the White House National Security Council @santiru.bsky.social
www.statecraft.pub/p/how-to-fun...
1. Unbundling the University - An essay from @benjaminreinhardt.com attempting to synthesize the current zeitgeist around universities, our research ecosystem, and technological stagnation
www.unbundle-the-university.com
Are you looking for a summer reading list on innovation policy? Here are seven interesting pieces from 2025 that I thought were particularly interesting
Lovely! I made this blueberry lemon cake yesterday
davidlebovitz.substack.com/p/ottolenghi...
Yes. He was really good live
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This is mine. Only Fridays have jobs though
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