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Research of the EU automotive industry into low-carbon vehicles and the role of public intervention

Wiesenthal, Tobias; Leduc, Guillaume; Köhler, J.; … - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2010

The automotive sector is the largest industrial R&D investor in the EU. The present note assesses which parts of the sector's research efforts are dedicated towards the development of low-carbon vehicle technologies. The results indicate that relevant companies invest significant amounts in the...

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The production function of top R&D investors: Accounting for size and sector heterogeneity with quantile estimations

Vezzani, Antonio; Montresor, Sandro - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2013

output return of knowledge capital is the most important, irrespective of firm size, but in high-tech sectors only. Elsewhere …

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Job creation in business services: innovation, demand, polarisation

Bogliacino, Francesco; Lucchese, Matteo; Pianta, Mario - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2011

The patterns and mechanisms of job creation in business services are investigated in this article by considering the role of innovation, demand, wages and the composition of employment by professional groups. A model is developed and an empirical test is carried out with parallel analyses on a...

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Intangible resources: the relevance of training for European firms’ innovative performance

Ciriaci, Daria - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2011

a well-trained workforce, the knowledge created by a firm’s R&D personnel can be better exploited), and their dependence … on a firm's knowledge intensity (high versus low % of tertiary-educated workforce) and size (SMEs versus large firms … affected by the knowledge intensity of the firm, while are always statistically significantly higher in large than in small and …

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Research of the EU automotive industry into low-carbon vehicles and the role of public intervention

Wiesenthal, Tobias; Leduc, Guillaume; Köhler, J.; … - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2010

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RandD Investment in the Priority Technologies of the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan.

Wiesenthal, Tobias; Leduc, Guillaume; Schwarz, Hans-Gunther - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2009

The present report estimates the current R&D investments in selected low-carbon energy technologies in the EU-27 funded by the Member States, through the 6th EU Research and Euratom Framework Programmes and by companies with headquarters registered in the EU. The technologies considered are...

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Quantitative Assessment of the Impact of the Strategic Energy Technology Plan on the European Power Sector.

Wiesnethal, Tobias; Mercier, Arnaud; Schade, Burkhard; … - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2010

The goal of this analysis is to capture the effect of increasing research, development and demonstration (RD&D) efforts for a set of low-carbon power technologies on the development of the European energy sector. The report finds that an increase in research efforts on a global level, that for...

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Macroeconomic Modelling of Public Expenditures on Research and Development in Information and Communication Technologies

Szewczyk, Wojciech; Sabadash, Anna - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2012

Since the 1990s, information and communication technology (ICT) has been an essential driver of economic growth. Between 1995 and 2010, the ICT sectors have accounted for over 20% of EU15 growth, even though they only constitute 5% of EU15 GDP. The high growth resulting from the ever-increasing...

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The 2013 PREDICT report: An Analysis of ICT R&D in the EU and beyond

Mas, Matilde; Radoselovics, Juan Fernández de Guevara - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2014

The 2013 PREDICT report provides an overview of the importance of the EU ICT sector and its R&D performance. The report gives detailed information on the progress made by the ICT sector comprising both ICT manufacturing and ICT service. The analysis is carried out by comparing EU Member State...

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Does the Patent Cooperation Treaty work? A global analysis of patent applications by non-residents.

Nepelski, Daniel; Prato, Giuditta De - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2012

We study drivers of international patent applications by non-residents and assess the importance of the PCT membership in their motivations. We construct bilateral measures of foreign patent applications for all countries active as both a source of patents and a destination of applications filed...

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