The 2007 "Key Figures on Science, Technology and Innovation. Towards a European Research Area" takes a detailed look at the most important aspects of EU investment and performance in the knowledge-based economy, and in this regard benchmarks the EU and its Member States against their main...

In relation to innovation research, the 20 projects selected for this review reflect the current contribution to the field of insights from evolutionary economics, modern firm theories, institutional economics and the heuristics of innovation systems. Although the findings and perspectives from...

This report presents a strategy to create an Innovative Europe. Achieving this requires a combination of a market for innovative goods and services, focussed resources, new financial structures and mobility of people, money and organisations. Together these constitute a paradigm shift going well...

This publication contains the final report of the project "Innovation and Employment in European firms: Microeconometric Evidence", whose work has primarily contributed to the area "Economic development and dynamics". The report contains information about the main scientific findings of this...

The RICARDIS report is the result of the work of a group of experts set up by the European Commission and composed of specialists from all over Europe. The group was asked to identify the relevant categories of intellectual capital, present the reasons for which the various categories are...

The project develops two innovations.The first innovation promotes a construction measure by which the 'soft storey' mechanism is obviated in the lower storeys of reinforced concrete (RC) frames by encasing steel profiles in RC columns in order to provide them with a basic reliable shear,...

The objectives of this project were: 1. To establish the best processing routes to promote the formation of ultrafine ferrite (preferably 1-3 μm) and mixed (e.g. ferrite-cementite) microstructures for a wide range of C contents (0.05-1.6%C). 2. To assess the benefits that can be achieved in...

This report explores good practice and policy recommendations aimed at promoting the public procurement of new and improved goods and services which require research and innovation to meet the specified user needs - referred to as 'procurement for innovation' for simplicity. By acting as...