Belgian SME BEA manufactures sensors for automatic doors. Before they wereactive in China they had the foresight to file for an international patent that included the PRC as a designated state. Christian Nowak, Science & Technology advisor at BEA, shares the company’s experiences with patent inf...
Due to the urgency of the pandemic, COVID-19 vaccines are being developed and authorised faster than usual. But they will meet the same high standards as all other vaccines....
This paper examines the development of digital business models in the provision of flights and short-term accommodation services. It discusses the growing importance of digital intermediaries and their associated business model features, some of which provide significant value, and others which ...
This publication reviews how a number of factors impact on the diversity and content of products and forms of cannabis available in Europe. Drivers of change in this area include policy developments in Europe and elsewhere; advances in production and extraction techniques; and consumer interest....
Companies devise strategies to successfully navigate the treacherous waters of an uncertain business environment. They need to tackle regulatory or market obstacles in order to succeed and eventually achieve strong growth performance. This study aims to better understand the complex relationship...
The Study “Big Data and B2B platforms: the next big opportunity for Europe”, commissioned by the European Commission and the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) aimed to analyse how to accelerate the growth of the data-based economy and to support the development of B...
The Opinion on the ‘Biodegradability of Plastics in the Open Environment’ is provided in support of the European Commission Directorate-General for Environment. This Opinion intends to contribute to informing the forthcoming Commission’s policy framework related to bio-based, biodegradable and c...
The notes in this compilation assess and comment on various aspects of the collateral policy and framework of the Eurosystem. In particular, the notes consider the economic implications associated with the current ECB collateral policy for asset allocation and relative asset price developments i...
The main objective of this report is to analyse existing data sets for video analytics (VA) and to determine how best to enable collection/common access to data sets in the EU for testing/evaluation of video surveillance software. This report presents a critical analysis of video analytic data s...