The EU's stagnation on many innovation indicators led to a number of efforts to spur a turnaround. One of most visible projects has been the Horizon 2020 strategy, which devotes unprecedented levels of funding to the promotion of R&D and innovation. But does this strategy address the right...

One lesson of the Great Recession has been that countries with higher shares of industry in their GDP seemed to be less affected by the crisis. Consequently, the call for an industrial renaissance has become stronger. Industrial policy has now become a top priority in countries where it was not...

An die Internetnutzung und besonders an die Entwicklung des elektronischen Geschäftsverkehrs zwischen Unternehmen - B2B e-Business oder kurz B2B - werden hohe Erwartungen gestellt. Sie sollen die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der Unternehmen durch sinkende Kosten, schnellere Information und erhöhte...