European countries are currently faced with a variety of challenges, ranging from the new global distribution of economic activity, the diffusion of new, radical technologies to the aging of its population, youth unemployment and the aftermath of the economic and financial crisis. These...

In the last decades, innovation activity has been defined by an increasing complexity and a faster pace of the underlying technological change. Accordingly, several studies have shown that competitive systems of innovation benefit from being able to build upon a wide but integrated spectrum of...

This report aims at providing an overview of the research capabilities for innovation activities in marine energy within Europe in 2011. The sector features intense product innovation, embodied by development of diverse marine energy devices, which is dominant in the early stages, when the...

This report aims at providing an overview of the research capabilities for innovation activities in marine energy within Europe in 2011. The sector features intense product innovation, embodied by development of diverse marine energy devices, which is dominant in the early stages, when the...