Macroeconomic and innovation performance in Norway

This chapter discusses macroeconomic and framework conditions in Norway and the state of innovation capabilities and performance outcomes of the Norwegian innovation system. The first part presents macroeconomic and social developments and highlights salient features of the Norwegian economy, patterns of structural change and entrepreneurship. The second part looks at the current state of indicators of innovation inputs and outputs. It also compares Norway’s innovation capacities to other relevant OECD countries in order to highlight qualitative and quantitative characteristics of Norway’s innovation system.