How to spend 10 billion euro more effectively? A new World Bank report on innovation

The electronic version of the World Bank report on "Poland Enterprise Innovation Support Review", which I have co-authored, is finally out.

In a nutshell, the report assesses (i) how effectively Poland has spent almost 10 billion euro of EU and Polish funds on supporting enterprise innovation in the current EU funding perspective and (ii) recommends changes in institutions, instruments and ideas to spend another 10 billion euro in the new EU perspective 2014-2020.

New books

1. Think Twice: Harnessing the Power of Counterintuition by Michael J. Mauboussin (**)
2. Beyond austerity: A path to economic growth and renewal in Europe by Charles Roxburgh, McKinsey Global Institute, Baudouin Regout and Jan Mischke (**)
3. Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and Schoolby John Medina (**)
4. Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain by David Eagleman (**)
5. Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle by Dan Senor and Saul Singer (***)
6. Restless by William Boyd (**)
7. Leszek Miller, Robert Krasowski "Anatomia siły", Czerwone i Czarne, 2013 (***)