The FOR-RIS blueprint is part of a set of five blueprints addressing five different regional contexts developed by the expert group "Blueprints for Foresight actions in the Regions". The POR-RIS blueprint outlines how to combine the more short term regional innovation strategies (RIS/RITTS)...

This manual was designed in the benchmarking of the activities pursued in scientific research organisations that do or intend to support innovation in their economy and society. The authors of this manual think that the RECORD benchmarking methodology proposed serves a fourfold objective in the...

The study has three main objectives: to assess the extent to which the development of biotechnology in Europe takes place at the sectoral level or, in contrast, is mainly determined by the institutional features of particular 'national systems of innovation'; to add to theoretical understanding...

This expert group report on the State of Art in Europe on Responsible Research and Innovation has been authored by an interdisciplinary group with experts from science, innovation, economics, law, governance and ethics. It was prepared as an intermediate step in the reflection on future policy...

This paper is a result of a four and a half month study on innovation approaches in three selected Member States in relation to the EU level. Due to time constraints the paper concentrates only on three well classified Member States in the latest EU Innovation Scoreboard: Germany, Finland and...

The European Commission is supporting a strong portfolio of photovoltaics projects addressing a number of key photovoltaic technology development and innovation issues. It is now important that the results of these projects are effectively exploited and turned into real innovation to optimise...

High-strength steels (HSS) and ultra-high-strength steel (UHSS) offer great possibilities for weight reduction, increased safety and reduced fuel consumption. However, serious problems are connected to production of the high-strength steel parts, especially using traditional technologies...

During research carried out in synergy by Centro Sviluppo Materiali (CSM), VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut (VDEh-BFI), Cogne Acciai Speciali (CAS) and Deutsche Edelstahlwerke (DEW), operations were designed and carried out in real tundish to control steel composition and temperature, and to...