The EU provides money to venture capital funds for investment mainly in start-ups and innovative emerging firms. This audit assessed six centrally managed interventions that have been implemented since 1998. The EIF manages these interventions on behalf of the Commission. We found that the Commi...
The changing context, summarised above, calls for a review of existing PES support in this area as well as an assessment of the possible implications for PES resulting from the experience gained so far, and the implications for the PES. This study therefore aims to provide a summary of the lesso...
The study on the framework conditions for high-growth innovative enterprises (HGIE) relates HGIE performance to the prevailing entrepreneurial framework conditions in 37 countries, including all EU Member States, other European countries and five non-European countries selected for their outstan...
In 2015 the European Commission (EC) DG CNECT launched the 2nd edition of the Startup Europe (SE) initiative under the Horizon 2020 EU Research and Innovation programme. This initiative coordinated the efforts of six distinct projects (Digistart, Welcome, ePlus, Startup Scaleup, Twist and Startu...
The present report is part of the 2016/17 SME Performance Review. It focuses on the performance of SMEs in the EU-28, and two special chapters review recent developments in self-employment, an important segment of the EU-28 SME population, and discuss start-ups and scale-ups....
The Northern and Western Region of Ireland covers 25,277 km², representing 36.2% of the landmass of the Republic of Ireland. It is divided into two sub regions: the Border and the West regions, the Border region sitting along the border with Northern Ireland, and the West defined by its long coa...
This report focuses on the case study of the Boston area and identifies the key success factors in the Boston regional innovation ecosystem. It discusses how the macro-innovation eco-ecosystem is composed by a variety of interconnected micro-innovation ecosystems, mutually reinforcing each other...
Over the last 15 years, open innovation has become mainstream and both public and private actors from many countries are involved in global innovation networks. This paper argues that research and innovation policies in Europe have not fully adapted to the challenges and opportunities of this gl...
