Clusters of knowledge-intensive industries and manufacturing industries form industrial agglomeration in Step I and activate innovation in Step II. Industry clusters are formed by building segments. "Construction sequencing" in the construction industry refers to the process of determining the...

This working paper explores how funding requirements enable transdisciplinary research (TDR) for sustainable development in Africa, focusing on German public funders and their TDR programmes in sustainable land management and agricultural development. It consolidates experiences from Global...

The paper evaluates the impact of the European Commission's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) grants on profit‐oriented firms' post‐treatment performance. Using a quasi‐experimental design and a dataset covering applicants from 46 countries, we find that FP7 grants increase firms' sales...

This article examines the relationship between the adoption of digital technologies and the corporate commitment to environmental protection, while also exploring whether this relationship is strengthened by public financial support. Using a sample of 1,616 Spanish manufacturing firms and...

This working paper explores how funding requirements enable transdisciplinary research (TDR) for sustainable development in Africa, focusing on German public funders and their TDR programmes in sustainable land management and agricultural development. It consolidates experiences from Global...

This paper investigates the causal effect of funding research and development (R&D) cooperation with public universities on the performance of firms. We use comprehensive firm-level panel data from Switzerland that spans from 2010 to 2022 and covers a broad set of variables including the...

The study presents lessons learned and recommendations for policy on Excellent Science under Horizon Europe. This is one of several support studies feeding into the European Commission's interim evaluation of the European framework programme for Research and Innovation Horizon Europe.

The study presents lessons learned and recommendations for policy on excellent science under Horizon Europe. This is one of several support studies feeding into the European Commission's interim evaluation of the European framework programme for Research and Innovation Horizon Europe.

The study presents lessons learned and recommendations for policy on excellent science under Horizon Europe. This is one of several support studies feeding into the European Commission's interim evaluation of the European framework programme for Research and Innovation Horizon Europe.

This evaluation study, performed in line with the Better Regulation Guidelines, serves as an input into the interim evaluation of Horizon Europe, the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2021-2027. Established by Regulation (EU) 2021/695 of the European Parliament and of the...

Drawing on a longitudinal database of Belgian firms over the years 2014-2020, this study investigates the joint effect of R&D grants and R&D tax credits on R&D inputs and innovation outputs. We estimate Conditional Difference-in-Difference (CDiD) models and apply both treatment effects...

This paper investigates the causal effect of funding research and development (R&D) cooperation with public universities on the performance of firms. We use comprehensive firm-level panel data from Switzerland that spans from 2010 to 2022 and covers a broad set of variables including the...

STEP is a new EU regulation entered into force on 1 March 2024. It aims to strengthen EU's industrial competitiveness and sovereignty by funding the development and manufacturing of critical technologies in the EU, reinforcing their value chains, and reducing shortages of required labour and...

STEP is a new EU regulation entered into force on 1 March 2024. It aims to strengthen EU's industrial competitiveness and sovereignty by funding the development and manufacturing of critical technologies in the EU, reinforcing their value chains, and reducing shortages of required labour and...

We examine whether government sponsored R&D induces the development of clean technologies with a high impact on subsequent technological development. The analysis uses information on USPTO patents granted between 2005 and 2015 and combines different methods to control for possible sorting of...

Drawing on the case of the the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), we examine the impact of fundamental research funding on college graduates' employment. Our findings indicate that an increase in total funding is positively associated with higher monthly salaries and lower...

This study evaluates the impacts of public subsidies on firms in energy-intensive industries, focusing on R&D subsidies and compensation subsidies. Using firm-level data from Finnish energy-intensive industries between 2010 and 2022, it examines how these subsidies influence firm competitiveness...

Big Science Infrastructures (BSI) generate significant economic and societal impacts beyond their primary research activities and procurement revenues. These impacts include knowledge gains that lead to new products and services, skills training, and enhanced reputational standing. This report...

Fintech startups have set out to revolutionize the financial world. However, little is known about how successful and innovative these firms actually are. This paper investigates firm failure, funding success, and innovation capacity using a hand-collected dataset of 892 German fintechs founded...

Durch eine abnehmende Bedeutung im internationalen Technologie- und Wissenschaftswettbewerb ist das langfristige wirtschaftliche Wachstum von Deutschland bedroht. Die deutsche Exzellenzförderung von Universitäten hat das Potenzial die Position von Deutschland in diesem Wettbewerb zu stärken -...

ANR Patentes is an Argentinean program that gives grants for patents applications to innovative firms, entrepreneurs and researchers. Throughout the period 2007-2017, 83 projects (out of 195) were funded. Based on secondary sources and a survey conducted to beneficiaries, this study reconstructs...