Several data sources are used to estimate the potential impact of innovation in agro-biotechnology on employment in the European agro-food chain. In the late 1990s, approximately 50,000 jobs were directly due to biotechnology. The indirect employment effects are likely to be much larger. Four of...

The participation of higher education institutions (HEIs) in European Community Framework Programmes is examined. An interpretative framework is developed for the analysis of the mechanisms that are driving the selection of participants for the Framework Programmes. As the quality of applicants...