The granting of publicly subsidized joint projects has become a popular policy instrument in both Germany and the European Union. However, little is known about how the emerging subsidized network affects the allocation process of future project grants. Employing unique databases containing...

We analyse the relationship between the composition of innovation partnerships and the potential of their innovations developed within EU-funded research projects under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7), the European Union's Research and Innovation...

In the context of increasing globalization, global competition and rapid change the EU sees innovation and its commercialization as an effective way to build long-term global competitive advantage. Innovation policy is a link between research and technological development policy and industrial...