Does Europe have an inequality problem? Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many Europeans are certainly struggling. The rise of populist movements is another signal that something is awry. Many Europeans no longer see their economy as fair. But is this a problem of too much inequality, or just a proble...
The report on Public Administrations’ Digital Response to COVID-19 in the EU assesses the impact of the first wave of the COVID-19 crisis on EU public administrations. Indeed, it aims at showcasing EU Member States’ good practices with regard to the development and/or implementation of digital s...
Wavestone, the Institute of Communication and Computer Science (ICCS), the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), KOMIS and Grimaldi Studio Legale, conducted the Study “Big Data and B2B Platforms: the next big opportunity fo...
This report summarises and analyses the main findings of the reflection and collective work engaged with 12 territories from across Europe that was carried out from March to December 2020 with the aim to collect evidence on the potential impact of S3 in the quality of policy governance and innov...
Using firm balance sheet data, this paper shows the impact of credit constraints on allocative efficiency and productivity growth. Allocative efficiency is the extent to which resources, including labour, are distributed to firms with the highest growth prospects, or “stuck” in less productive f...
Since 2015, the Juncker Plan has mobilised €380 billion of investment and supported 842,000 small and medium businesses across all Member States. In the 2014-2020 EU budget period, almost €190 billion from the EU budget is invested in research, innovation and the competitiveness of SMEs under th...
Current developments during the COVID-19 pandemic involve strongly complementary monetary and fiscal policy, but both as responses to COVID-19 and not the outcome of an emergent monetary-fiscal nexus. Therefore, the ECB maintains its independence by using unconventional monetary policy measures ...
The COVID-19 pandemic caused an economic crisis unique in its severity. Following the disruptions in the first half of 2020, the initial phase of the economic recovery, helped by unprecedented policy support, was quick to materialise when containment measures were eased across Europe. In recent ...
In the past years, the European Commission launched three thematic Smart Specialisation platforms to support interregional collaborations and to support European Union regions committed to co-invest jointly in strategic growth areas. The bottom up component in this process has resulted in a wide...
In times of fundamental change and extraordinary investment plans in the EU, public procurement represents a strategic instrument for each Member State’s economic policy. Ensuring efficient and transparent public procurement can contribute to address many of Europe’s major challenges, especially...