Influencer marketing as part of the advertising industry has grown significantly in recent years, becoming one of the most popular and effective forms of online advertising. The fast-growing market of influencers comes with potential risks for consumers and creates several challenges for regulat...
In 2019, the Commission launched the evaluation of Commission Regulation (EU) No 1217/2010 of 14 December 2010 on the application of Article 101(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to categories of research and development agreements (the ‘R&D Block Exemption Regulation’) a...
SME success rates in public procurement are significantly lower than their contribution to GDP. This study measures SME success rates and identifies policy initiatives to further support SME participation in public procurement. SME participation in above-threshold EU procurement seems to be slow...
This paper defines loot boxes and describes their behavioural effects, including problematic behaviour. It examines the regulatory framework at EU and national level within which loot boxes operate, provides an overview of public and industry practices, and derives recommendations. Framing the d...
This Smart Guide is addressed to policy makers and cluster managers engaged in cluster policy making who are interested in monitoring and evaluating the impact of their policies. The objective is to provide them with easy access to knowledge material of high practical value and sound methodologi...
During the time of national research, the FCI World Factoring Yearbook 2019 edition was not available, therefore country fiches present figures from FCI World Factoring Yearbook 2018 edition. Annex 3, however, was finalised at the later stage of the study, therefore it includes data from FCI Wor...
Cette étude présente une analyse approfondie de la situation actuelle et des développements récents dans le domaine du financement de la chaîne logistique, aussi appellé ‘Supply Chain Finance’ (SCF), au niveau de l’Union Européenne (UE) et au sein des États membres. Plus précisément, elle a comm...
The final report for the study on Supply Chain Finance (SCF) provides an in-depth analysis of the current state and recent developments in the area of supply chain finance at EU level and within the Member States. The report first provides an overview of the Supply Chain Finance market at EU lev...
The aim of this exercise in East & North Finland is to support the regional authorities and stakeholders in defining a strategy that facilitates the industrial transformation of the region. In the case of East & North Finland the EOCIC work was carried out in close cooperation with the AMI exper...
Il presente studio esamina le questioni relative ai consumatori su piattaforme online peer-to-peer in cinque mercati: (ri)vendita di beni; condivisione/noleggio di beni, condivisione/locazione di alloggi; condivisione/noleggio di trasporto in auto; e lavori occasionali. Lo studio calcola che 191...