Dynamising National Innovation Systems Promoting innovation requires innovative government policy. Innovation through the creation diffusion and use of knowledge has become a key driver of economic growth and provides part of the response to many new societal challenges. However the determinants of innovation performance have changed in a globalising knowledge based economy. Government policy to boost innovation performance must be adapted accordingly based on a sound conceptual framework. Synthesising the results of a multi year OECD project on national innovation systems (NIS) this publication demonstrates how the NIS approach can be implemented in designing and implementing more efficient technology and innovation policies.