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...
This case study reports activities performed by Research Data Alliance (RDA), an international grassroots organisation that promotes international collaboration and global sharing mechanisms to remove social and technical barriers to research data sharing and reuse. Drivers, impacts and barriers...
WWRD is a small manufacturer of luxury crystal glass tableware products based in Ireland; as a key part of its business model, the company is a ‘tourism factory’ that allows tourists to visit its manufacturing plants in Waterford and learn more about the production of crystal glass. In complianc...
Apprenticeships combining alternating periods at the workplace and in training institutions are well suited to providing young people with an entry point into the labour market and to supplying enterprises with skilled workers. This report examines apprenticeship systems and practices in the man...
The purpose of this study is to analyse the factors which influence the location of economic activities which are typically concentrated in the Copenhagen region. Although there has been a substantial growth in manufacturing employment in the underdeveloped regions, this development has almost e...
Modernising a cement plant led to less air pollution as well as significant water and energy savings. It also lowered production costs and improved the company’s standing among neighbouring communities. This success story is based on an actual case study of a cement plant and demonstrates that E...
This section gives an overview of the short-term accommodation sector in Athens. It describes the main players, and gives an insight of the economic development, and explains the main local rules shaping the short-term rental market....
This Study provides support to the European Commission in its revision of the 2002 guidelines on market analysis and the assessment of significant market power for electronic communications networks and services ("2002 SMP Guidelines"). The main issue explored both from an economic and a legal p...