We propose a comprehensive decomposition of changes in a country’s global market shares that accounts for the value added content of trade. We perform the analysis by combining two datasets – disaggregated trade data from UN Comtrade with internationally integrated Supply and Use Tables from the...
This report is a cost benefit analysis produced for DG Enterprise and Industry of the European Commission on the potential externalisation of elements of the implementation and administration of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (2007-2013)....
Restructuring is part and parcel of the economic fabric in Europe, as companies must adapt to altered conditions in a bid to remain sustainable and competitive. Most of the policy focus so far, however, has been on restructuring in terms of the large firm. In light of the relative importance of ...
The study of maintenance related events reported to the IAEA/OECD/NEA Incident Reporting System database between January 20006 and September 2008 have been conducted by the European Clearinghouse on Nuclear Power Plant Operational Experience Feedback. 60 reports among the 211 reports were identi...
International Sourcing as a business model is becoming more popular as resident enterprises move abroad their core and support business functions that were performed in-house or domestically sourced. This publication analyses what type of international sourcing is most common as well as the impa...
International Sourcing, especially concerning services, is the more recent feature of the global economy. A survey carried out by twelve European countries showed that over the period 2001-2006, 16% of the surveyed enterprises have moved certain business functions abroad in search of lower costs...
Investigación para PYME e Investigación para asociaciones de PYME son dos iniciativas específicas que tienen como objetivo fortalecer las capacidades de innovación de las PYME, ofreciéndoles el apoyo que necesitan para externalizar las actividades de investigación que resultan críticas para su n...
