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...

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...

The report provides a detailed analysis of the state of public Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Research and Development (R&D) expenditures in the European Union (EU). We also provide an interim assessment of the Digital Agenda Target about doubling public ICT R&D expenditures....

This report aims to provide information about the Commitments that joined the EIP on AHA in the Second Invitation for Commitment in April 2013 and to report this data, whenever possible, with that from the commitments that joined the First Invitation for Commitment (June 2012), providing...

As the initial Monitoring Framework may not be fully relevant for the overarching objective of the EIP on AHA and the Triple Win, either because the Action Groups commitments cannot use specific indicators or because some of the indicators initially thought of may not be best suited for...

This study presents and discusses the status of integrated personal health systems (IPHS) in France. It aims to illustrate through case studies the patient and health monitoring systems that are available, the level of implementation of these systems, the impact they have on the general...

This study presents and discusses the status of integrated personal health systems (IPHS) in Germany. It aims to illustrate through case studies the patient and health monitoring systems that are available, the level of implementation of these systems, the impact they have on the general...

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...

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...

This study presents and discusses the status of integrated personal health systems (IPHS) in Estonia. It aims to illustrate through case studies the patient and health monitoring systems that are available, the level of implementation of these systems, the impact they have on the general...