OECD: The economic crisis puts innovation at risk because the capital to finance it grows scarcer

[oecd] The current crisis is the first of this severity to hit OECD countries, since they have shifted to knowledge-based service economies. As part of its strategic response to the economic crisis, the OECD has analysed the likely impact of the downturn on the drivers of long term economic growth & innovation and related items in policy responses as part of national stimulus packages.

Innovation at risk from crisis, says OECD