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Lessons for ICT Innovative Industries: Three Experts’ Positions on Financing, IPR and Industrial Ecosystems
Veugelers, Reinhilde; Pottelsberghe, Bruno van; Véron, … - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2012
Why is it that European firms are less present as leading innovators in new ICT sectors? The most common factor raised in the literature to explain the differences in dynamic structure between the US and the EU is a greater willingness on the part of the US financial markets to fund projects in...
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Changing modes of asset Management: IPR and Copyright in the Digital Age
Simon, Jean-Paul - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2012
The first chapter of the report briefly sums up the main elements of the academic debate around IPR. The second moves to the economic case and analyses its different aspects: weight of copyrighted industries, level of revenues generated for creators, role in business models (old and new) but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011169841
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What is small? Small and medium enterprises facing patenting activities
Garcia, Abraham; Foray, Dominique - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2010
The effect of a firm's size is analysed in relation with the probability of applying for a patent. We worked on the … literature concludes that as size increases so does the propensity to patent. This research finds similar results for pool … regressions. In an attempt to understand the relationship between size and patent activity better, the population of firms is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008764875
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Proceedings of a Workshop on "Nanotechnology for the agricultural sector: from research to the field"
Parisi, Claudia; Vigani, Mauro; Cerezo, Emilio Rodríguez - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2014
Innovation is at the centre of the EU's growth strategy for the coming decade (EU2020). New technologies and their adoption by EU farmers are essential in maintaining European agriculture competitive in a global world. Within this context, nanotechnology represents an innovative technology with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011169912
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The Potential of Digital Games for Empowerment and Social Inclusion of Groups at Risk of Social and Economic Exclusion: Evidence and Opportunity for Policy
Stewart, James; Bleumers, Lizzy; Centeno - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2013
This report addresses the potential of digital games to support social inclusion and empowerment (DGEI). It is based on a range of theoretical and empirical data, brought together for the first time in this and associated reports. The aim of the report, commissioned by DG CNECT, is to provide a...
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Do Incentives for Innovation work? Evidence from the Italian Manufacturing Sector
Biagi, Federico; Loi, Massimo - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2012
Understanding and estimating the impact of fiscal incentives on innovation are crucial elements for policy evaluation. This is so because innovation- be it of the product or the process type- is able to move the production frontier and hence, ultimately, enlarge society’s consumption...
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Access to finance for innovation: the role of venture capital and the stock market
Bogliacino, Francesco; Lucchese, Matteo - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2011
Financial constraints for young and small firms can prevent them from supporting innovation and employment creation. We analyze two of the various institutional mechanisms which have been proposed to circumvent it: the development of venture capital market and the stock market access. We will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009416085
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New insights on EU-US comparison of corporate R&D
Moncada-Paternò-Castello, Pietro - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2010
Policy-makers have become increasingly aware that corporate R&D and innovation are the main drivers of an economy's competitiveness and growth. The widespread adoption of R&D targets has led researchers and analysts to pursue a deeper understanding of corporate R&D investment trends, drivers and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008465163
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Rhomolo: A Dynamic Spatial General Equilibrium Model for Assessing the Impact of Cohesion Policy
Brandsma, Andries; d’Artis Kancs; Monfort, Philippe; … - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2013
The paper presents the newly developed dynamic spatial general equilibrium model of European Commission - RHOMOLO, in which the interplay of agglomeration and dispersion forces can be analysed in a novel and theoretically consistent way. A particular attention is paid to flows of goods, factors...
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Modelling of Agglomeration and Dispersion in RHOMOLO
Comite, Francesco Di; d’Artis Kancs - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2014
The dynamic spatial general equilibrium model RHOMOLO with endogenous firm location incorporates multiple sources of agglomeration and dispersion. Agglomeration is driven mainly by increasing returns to scale and localised externalities; dispersion by costly trade and imperfect competition. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011099080