Hybrid production plants harness diverse climatic sources for electricity generation, playing a crucial role in the transition to renewable energies. This study aims to forecast the profitability of a combined wind-photovoltaic energy system. Here, we develop a model that integrates predicted...

This study addresses a significant gap in the literature by comparing the effectiveness of traditional statistical methods with artificial intelligence (AI) techniques in predicting bankruptcy among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Traditional bankruptcy prediction models often fail to...

This report projects the inflows and outflows of the EU budget for the next five years in accordance with Article 247(1)(c) of the Financial Regulation. This fourth edition forecasts the revenue and expenditure stemming from the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-2027 and...

This methodological report explains the data sources and methods used by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) to compile the dataset on structural small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) indicators in the annual SME Performance Review, and commissioned by the Directorate General for Internal...

To mark the 25th anniversary of the ECB Survey of Professional Forecasters (SPF), a special survey was conducted in 2023 to explore the processes and methodologies underlying participants' forecasts. Participants were sent this fourth special survey on SPF forecast processes and methodologies in...

To mark the 25th anniversary of the ECB Survey of Professional Forecasters (SPF), a special survey was conducted in 2023 to explore the processes and methodologies underlying participants' forecasts. Participants were sent this fourth special survey on SPF forecast processes and methodologies in...

Work and workplaces are constantly changing, which may lead to new occupational safety and health (OSH) risks and challenges and new dilemmas. Through its foresight projects, EU-OSHA aims to anticipate these changes - technological, environmental, societal, political and economic - and to...

In 2022 and 2023, the European Commission's Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy organised three workshops to explore bioeconomy foresight scenarios developed in 2020. With the help of a scientific game and foresight tool called the Scenario Exploration System, stakeholders in various bioeconomy...

In 2022 and 2023, the European Commission's Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy organised three workshops to explore bioeconomy foresight scenarios developed in 2020. With the help of a scientific game and foresight tool called the Scenario Exploration System, stakeholders in various bioeconomy...