In the 1990s two main political objectives have become evident in European public research systems (PRS): a more flexible use of available resources; and strong government action to enhance collaborative networks between the public sector and the users of research results. There are similarities...

The objective of this paper is to perform an experiment of quantitative assessment on changes in allocation mechanisms and in their underlying delegation models, using the quantitative information and the descriptions of national funding systems produced in the PRIME project funding activity....

This paper presents a comprehensive logical framework for designing ex-post evaluation of corporate R&D and innovation (RDI) policies, which logically connects: actors' behaviour, indicators, ex-post (counterfactual) evaluation and ex-ante prediction of firm (R&D) additionality potential. The...

Despite its relevance for research funding, few comparable data are available in official R&D statistics on the amount and composition of project funding. This paper discusses in detail the methodology developed in the European Network of Excellence on Research and Innovation Policies PRIME for...

This paper explores the characteristics of the institutional databases of six universities in three European countries (Italy, Spain and Switzerland). Its aim is to test the extent to which databases can be considered valuable sources for building positioning indicators to describe different...

This paper explores the impact of a specific R&D policy instrument, the Italian <roman>Fondo per le Agevolazioni della Ricerca</roman> (FAR), on industrial R&D and technological output at the firm level. Our objective is threefold: first, to identify the presence or absence of private R&D investment...