This report attempts to summarise findings and conclusions of over 30 studies published within the EURIPIDIS project (European Innovation Policies for the Digital Shift). The objective of EURIPIDIS was to better understand how digital innovation and entrepreneurship work; to assess the EU's...

This report attempts to summarise findings and conclusions of over 30 studies published within the EURIPIDIS project (European Innovation Policies for the Digital Shift). The objective of EURIPIDIS was to better understand how digital innovation and entrepreneurship work; to assess the EU's...

This report analyses the peculiarities of innovation in Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), an ecosystem composed of various layers: from infrastructure to applications and content, and including end users. The report observes that innovation is becoming more open and...

Following the success of 2004 and 2006 events, the International Seville Conference on Future-Oriented Technology Analysis (FTA) has become a major occasion for FTA experts, practitioners and decision‐makers to bring their ideas and knowledge together in a highly interactive environment....

In this paper we look at the evolution of the R&D intensity gap between the EU and its major competitors using data from the Industrial Scoreboard covering the period 2002-2010. We focus on R&D intensity and we assess whether the gaps relative to major competitors arise from differences in...

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) invites you to discover how it places science at the heart of European policymaking. For about 60 years now, the JRC has been acting as a science provider and knowledge broker. It contributes to ensuring that policymakers have the best available evidence when...

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) invites you to discover how it places science at the heart of European policymaking. For about 60 years now, the JRC has been acting as a science provider and knowledge broker. It contributes to ensuring that policymakers have the best available evidence when...

Report on the activities, accomplishments and resources related to the JRC's work carried out in 2017. An overview is given of the scientific achievements and activities as well as of corporate initiatives.

Report on the activities, accomplishments and resources related to the JRC's work carried out in 2017. An overview is given of the scientific achievements and activities as well as of corporate initiatives.

The renewed EU agenda for higher education (European Commission, 2017) has emphasized that higher education institutions are not contributing as much as they should to innovation in their regions and countries. The engagement of universities in S3 has shown to be particularly important in...