This report is an account of the relationship between the ERA development and German research and innovation policy (R …&I policy. In the last decade, and accelerated in the recent years, the European research policy and subsequently the innovation … the path-breaking ERA process (research) and the Lisbon strategy (growth). This report addresses these developments by …

Research networks are regarded as channels for knowledge creation and diffusion and are thus essential for the … offer opportunities for both countries to benefit from brain circulation, transnational entrepreneurs and research networks …. The present paper examines the structure of research networks of the European Framework Programmes (FP) that are …