The principles of Smart Specialisation are valuable when implementing Blue Growth - an integrated approach towards stimulating the maritime economy. Both concepts pay considerable attention to innovation, young firm formation, bottom-up approaches and value chains. This policy brief builds on...

This research thoroughly examines the dynamic relationship between the European Union's economic growth and rapid advancements in Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Specifically, it assesses how certain ICT indicators are associated with significant economic growth. Utilizing an...

European economic growth has been weak, compared to the US, since the 80s. In previous work (Krueger and Kumar, 2003), we argued that the European focus on specialized, vocational education might have been effective during the 60s and 70s, but resulted in a growth gap relative to the US during...

The EIB is a major partner in supporting projects to develop innovation and skills for a growing economy, from financing ambitious large-scale research to backing small, specialised spin-outs or funding digital networks. In 2013 alone, the Bank provided EUR 17.2bn in finance for this area....

The EIB is a major partner in supporting projects to develop innovation and skills for a growing economy, from financing ambitious large-scale research to backing small, specialised spin-outs or funding digital networks. In 2013 alone, the Bank provided EUR 17.2bn in finance for this area....

Shortly after the Commissioner for Research and Innovation had assumed her mandate she asked DG RTD to establish a high level economic policy expert group in need of policies: for the implementation of the innovation union; to assist the transformation from a research funding DG to an innovation...

On 13 February 2012, the European Commission adopted the strategy "Innovating for Sustainable Growth: A Bioeconomy for Europe". This strategy proposes a comprehensive approach to address the ecological, environmental, energy, food supply and natural resource challenges that Europe and indeed the...

We use the two-sector specific factors model, which is known from the theory of international trade, in a growth context to describe major trends of long-run economic development. The endogenous technical progress functions establish the link between the agricultural and the manufacturing sector...