Growth is back, but at an uneven pace across countries
Corporate margins have deteriorated and firms wait to reinvest
Public R&D budgets are levelling off, or have started to recede
The buffer effect of public R&D has faded in the aftermath of the crisis
Labour productivity deteriorated significantly during the crisis
Many countries have lost capacity to implement structural changes in the turmoil
OECD and non-OECD economies are increasingly interdependent in the global economy
The multinationals of emerging economies are increasingly offshoring their activities
The landscape of global R&D is changing
Multinationals play a major role in domestic R&D in many countries