This paper describes a methodology to identify different components of external competitiveness using readily accessible, aggregate trade and macroeconomic data. Building on demand system with quadratic preferences, asymmetric varieties and heterogeneous consumers, it is shown how to use trade...

The European Commission's Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW), with the scientific support by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC), assesses the Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Europe. We study performance across...

The urban green is currently at the core of scientific interest and policy-making in urban planning. The importance of the urban green component of the European Settlement Map (ESM) increases under the light of the absence of a homogenous layer in such coverage and resolution to be used in urban...

The urban green is currently at the core of scientific interest and policy-making in urban planning. The importance of the urban green component of the European Settlement Map (ESM) increases under the light of the absence of a homogenous layer in such coverage and resolution to be used in urban...

Performance based funding is used by most EU Member States to increase the performance of their public research system. This report analyses the different nature of systems in EU Member States, selected associated and third countries. It aims to inform Member States which are in a process of...

Sustainability has become one of the most ambitious challenges for Europe growth, according to 2020 Europe Strategy. This high-priority theme braces a lot of industrial sectors. In particular the construction sector bears a huge responsibility in relation to sustainable development because of...

The Blast Simulator project involves the development of an apparatus able to reproduce the effects of a blast pressure wave on large scale structural components (such as columns, walls, etc.) with the objective to improve their strength in these severe loading situations. This technical report...

The Small Business Act for Europe (SBA) reflects the Commission's political will to recognise the central role of SMEs in the EU economy. The calculation of 2012 SBA principles has moved from a one way design process of the previous versions to an iterative process with the JRC (since 2011) with...

This report provides evidence on the inventive output of ICT R&D activity in the EU, the US and other regions and proposes an economic modelling framework for analysing the impact of the R&D processes. It uses patent statistics as a measure of output of the R&D process. According to the...