The transition to a low-carbon economy requires an expansion in the production of clean energy technologies. Recent shifts in the European Union's industrial policy aim to boost local manufacturing and attract clean technology production to Europe. This paper uses a data-driven scenario approach...

The 2024 European Innovation Council (EIC) Tech Report is a comprehensive watchlist of emerging technologies and breakthrough innovations developed by both funded and aspiring EIC awardees since 2018. It highlights 34 signals, identifying technologies and innovations at early development stages...

Reverse engineering allows firms to learn about critical components and design features of competitors' technologies. Historically, reverse engineering has often been used to help technological laggards to catch-up and profit from other's inventions. However, through reverse engineering firms...

Die Studie untersucht die technologische Leistungsfähigkeit Deutschlands im internationalen Vergleich anhand von Daten zur sektoralen Wertschöpfung sowie mittels Daten zum Handel mit Industriegütern. Sie zeigt, dass die deutsche Wirtschaft weiterhin stark auf die Produktion hochwertiger...

To remain competitive and make effective decisions in increasingly challenging markets, firms must integrate internal and external knowledge by embedding knowledge management strategies and technologies into their operations. This study aims to examine the roles of strategic foresight and...

Internationale Unternehmen können durch die Verlagerung ihrer Business Development-Anstrengungen in nachhaltige regionale High Tech- & High Service-Cluster eine Verbesserung ihrer Business Development-Erfolge im Bereich innovativer nachhaltiger Geschäftsmodelle erzielen. Der vorliegende...

Corporations are increasingly looking beyond inter-company collaborations to multidimensional collaborative activities between departments and organizational members within the company to strengthen innovative market competitiveness. High-tech corporations, specifically, are adopting...

This report aims to provide an overview of potential opportunities to participate in clean tech value chains, using new and evolving analytical tools from the World Bank Group that may help inform national policymaking around the EU's targets for clean-tech manufacturing. The focus is on four...

Understanding the patterns of innovative technological collaboration between universities and clusters of high-tech firms, along with the involvement of female inventors, is crucial for both regional and national development. Here, we explore the technological collaboration between Silicon Fen...

High-tech firms face constant innovation and challenges due to a rapidly changing tech environment. Open innovation strategies are an important solution for fostering rapid and efficient innovation by leveraging external capabilities. This study explores the critical factors that influence open...

Unites forward-thinking investors to co-invest in Europe's most disruptive deep tech start-ups alongside the EIC Fund. Shared vision to grow deep tech companies in Europe. Accelerating the growth of cutting-edge companies. Driving Europe's global competitiveness.

Firms in developed countries face increasing shortages of young workers. This paper studies the importance of young workers, particularly vocational trainees, for firm technology investments. Leveraging exogenous variation in trainee supply caused by an education reform in Germany in 2001, I...

Successful technology start-ups can be a significant driver of a country’s economic development and could transform entire industries with new technological innovations. For this reason, in research and practice, special attention is always paid to one particular type of start-up: a successful...

The Green Tech Valley is a cluster for green innovations for climate protection and circular economy. Established in 2005, to establish a location for innovative green tech businesses that can be globally competitive, the Green Tech Valley grew significantly since then. Now, it hosts around 300...

The Green Tech Valley is a cluster for green innovations for climate protection and circular economy. Established in 2005, to establish a location for innovative green tech businesses that can be globally competitive, the Green Tech Valley grew significantly since then. Now, it hosts around 300...

The Green Tech Valley started already in 2005 with the aim of establishing a location for innovative green tech businesses that are able to be globally competitive. Since then, the valley grew significantly and now hosts around 300 companies and research organisations in the fields of biomass,...

The Green Tech Valley started already in 2005 with the aim of establishing a location for innovative green tech businesses that are able to be globally competitive. Since then, the valley grew significantly and now hosts around 300 companies and research organisations in the fields of biomass,...

The EU has ambitious goals for accelerating the energy transition through locally manufactured technologies. However, Beijing's grip on the clean tech industry makes it difficult for the EU to go green without Chinese equipment or its extensive supply chains. China's advantage lies in government...

This report provides an overview of the impacts delivered by the innovators funded by the European Innovation Council (EIC), a €10 billion programme of the European Union to identify, support and scale up breakthrough technologies and deeptech start-ups. It focuses on the "Horizon Europe EIC...

Technology firms often make their greatest contributions to markets without making significant physical investments or hiring many people. This Perspective argues that governments need to think more expansively about their investment policies, to recognize the importance of cross-border data...

In this paper, we consider two platforms that compete for the development of a new product to integrate into their ecosystems. The new product can be developed either inhouse by the platforms or by an independent startup active only in the technology market. The presence of the startup affects...

The article addresses the issue of identifying some determinants regarding the growth of high-tech exports at the European level, as a starting point in the creation of long-term added value. In this study, the relationship between the endogenous variable high-tech exports and the exogenous...