This paper focuses on the dynamics of innovation diffusion by analysing the impact of the regulatory framework on the gap between top firms and the followers. It expands on the existing literature by explicitly investigating the relationship between the regulatory frameworks in the labour, goods...
The Horizon 2020 Policy Support Facility (PSF) has been set up by the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) of the European Commission under the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation ‘Horizon 2020’. It supports Member States and countries associated to Horizon 202...
The transition to a circular economy is at an early stage in the EU. Regulations, markets, investment tools and practices, including financial risk assessment, are adjusted to linear models. Externalities linked to linear business models are largely not taken into account. This poses a problem f...
The 2016 series of the RIO Country Report analyses and assesses the development and performance of the national research and innovation system of the EU-28 Member States and related policies. It aims at monitoring and evaluating the EU policy implementation as well as facilitating policy learnin...
The innovative power of the cultural and creative sectors is essential for the further development of European economies and societies, because it: - generates well-being and cohesion; - shapes the public space used by millions of Europeans; - modernises industries and business sectors with new ...
In the event of a natural disaster or man-made crisis, the European Commission’s main aim is ‘to save and preserve life, prevent and alleviate human suffering and safeguard the integrity and dignity’ of populations affected by such an event. With its base in Brussels, the Directorate-General for...
This study follows-up on our 2015 study on “Recent Trends in Banking in sub-Saharan Africa - From Financing to Investment”. Against the background of a rapidly evolving context for the SSA banking industry, the Economics Department of the European Investment Bank (EIB) has coordinated this volum...
