The study “New technologies and digitisation: opportunities and challenges for the social economy and social enterprises” sets out to explore how the rising importance of the social economy in Europe is facing the challenges of digital transformation. It focuses on whether, why, how, and to what...
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...
Belgium’s social enterprise sector is influenced by seven main traditional and emerging roots and drivers. Associations, cooperatives and mutuals are three traditions that are often collectively highlighted as the social economy’s broad backbone. The (new) social economy is described as an emerg...
EntreComp into Action is a guide for those individuals and organisations who want to use EntreComp, the Entrepreneurship Competence Framework, to foster entrepreneurial learning. It illustrates the breadth and depth of potential for using EntreComp to meet different goals and aims to inspire mor...
This report presents the findings of the project ‘The State of University-Business Cooperation in Europe’. The project has been conducted during 2016 and 2017 by a consortium led by the Science-to-Business Marketing Research Centre, Germany for the DG Education and Culture, European Commission. ...
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...
With a budget of almost EUR 2.4 billion from 2014 to 2020, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) creates sustainable growth and jobs by boosting innovation and entrepreneurship across Europe. To achieve this, we have pioneered dynamic European partnerships that bring together...
The study on the framework conditions for high-growth innovative enterprises (HGIE) relates HGIE performance to the prevailing entrepreneurial framework conditions in 37 countries, including all EU Member States, other European countries and five non-European countries selected for their outstan...
The present case study aims to identify key success factors in the Espoo innovation ecosystem, with particular attention to the role of Aalto University as an example of an entrepreneurial university. It seeks to inform policies aimed at supporting the strengthening and emergence of existing or ...