The European Regional Development Fund devoted around 66 billion Euros to the financial support of innovation and … the Operational Programmes dedicated to fostering research and innovation, particularly in small and medium …, suggesting that further funding should be channelled for leveraging research and innovation in the former regions. Finally …

engaging in virtually no collaboration in the area of innovation, and others engaging quite intensively with academic partners …

National Innovation System, with particular attention devoted to the question of finance and policy initiatives. We then turn …

knowledge acquisition, and barriers to innovation and development. In spite of a relative lack of government support, we find …

investment, Ireland scores high in international innovation scoreboards. Overall, policies to boost innovation and … jobs. While Ireland has made good progress towards building up its scientific capabilities, innovation capacity remains … effective, the innovation strategy should be simplified, with a drastic reduction in the number of government agencies involved …