This study provides novel empirical insights into the attractiveness of European Universities for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) grant holders and investigates how efficient universities are in this respect relative their potential. To explore the attractiveness, factors explaining both...

Universities have long been considered key players in regional innovation systems and innovation‐driven regional development. In addition, as part of the quadruple helix, they can play a major role in RIS3 design and implementation by acting as civic universities. This contribution differs...

Public-private partnerships offer a promising alternative paradigm for pharmaceutical innovation in complex disease areas where there are both strong commercial interests and significant public need. They have the potential to reduce the tremendous waste associated with duplicative unsuccessful...

The paper addresses the evaluation of outcomes of collaborative, pre-competitive R&D projects. It draws on some empirical analysis carried out on data and information gathered under the UK "LINK" scheme, a programme supporting R&D collaborative projects and assessing collaboration outcomes. A...