The interface of regional systems with national and pan-European R&D systems, particularly in the context of the Lisbon objectives, and the subsequent assessment of progress towards a more competitive knowledge economy calls for a more in-depth understanding of regional level trends and structur...
The objective of the international country reports is to explore the technology and policy landscape of selected non-European countries. Country performance in advanced technologies is presented based on patent, trade and investment data. The reports provide also a concise and informative review...
Monitoring the evolution and benefits of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) in Europe has been a three-and-a-half year-long endeavour in terms of conceptual thinking, data challenges, pragmatic solutions, critical reflections and last but not least substantial findings. The study programm...
The study analyses wind as a renewable energy source for maritime transport and has the following objectives: the identification of barriers to the development and uptake of wind propulsion and possible actions to overcome these barriers, the estimation of the technologies’ market and emissions ...
Europe is home to some 2 900 specialised clusters, statistically defined regional concentrations of traded industries. Clusters matter: the effect of cluster specialisation is equal to approximately a 13.5% increase in average wage. Specialised clusters show higher average wage and employment in...
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...
The aim of the work in Slovenia is to support the national authority and stakeholders in defining actions that facilitate the industrial transformation of Slovenia through clusters. In the case of Slovenia, the Slovenia S3 strategy (also referred to as S4) with the nine SRIPs (Strategic Research...
The aim of the work in Saxony is to support the regional authorities and stakeholders in defining a strategy that facilitates the industrial transformation of the region. In the case of Saxony, the EOCIC work was carried out in co-operation with the Saxon State Ministry for Economic Affairs, Lab...
The present Methodological Annex is a companion document to the main evaluation of ‘Network Analysis of the Seventh Framework Programme Participation’. This evaluation is one of several preparatory studies for the overall ex-post evaluation of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), which is to b...
