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The 2011 Report on R&D in ICT in the European Union.
Turlea, Geomina; Nepelski, Daniel; Prato, Giuditta De; … - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2011
This report provides an analysis of the state of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Research and Development activities in the European Union. This is the fourth report of a series which is published annually. This year’s report provides data up to 2008. The report starts with a...
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The Top World R&D-investing Companies from the ICT Sector: A Company-level Analysis.
Nepelski, Daniel; Stancik, Juraj - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2011
This report analyses R&D investments by top R&D-investing companies from the ICT sector, for the period of 2005-2008. It focuses on the distribution of R&D investments by firms in specific ICT sub-sectors from the five main world regions, paying special attention to R&D investments by ICT...
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Performance of ICT R&D.
Prato, Giuditta De; Nepelski, Daniel; Szewczyk, Wojciech; … - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2011
This report provides evidence on the inventive output of ICT R&D activity in the EU, the US and other regions and proposes an economic modelling framework for analysing the impact of the R&D processes. It uses patent statistics as a measure of output of the R&D process. According to the...
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Microalgae-based products for the food and feed sector: an outlook for Europe
Enzing, Christien; Ploeg, Matthias; Barbosa, Maria; … - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2014
The European Union has adopted recently an ambitious strategy for developing the Bioeconomy in Europe. In this context, algae represent an emerging biological resource of great importance for its potential applications in different fields, including food and feed. Algae have been already used as...
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The Potential of Digital Games for Empowerment and Social Inclusion of Groups at Risk of Social and Economic Exclusion: Evidence and Opportunity for Policy
Stewart, James; Bleumers, Lizzy; Centeno - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2013
service improvement, and employment and growth, but significant activity is still required in research, innovation, and …
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Do Incentives for Innovation work? Evidence from the Italian Manufacturing Sector
Biagi, Federico; Loi, Massimo - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2012
Understanding and estimating the impact of fiscal incentives on innovation are crucial elements for policy evaluation …. This is so because innovation- be it of the product or the process type- is able to move the production frontier and hence … that innovation is the final goal of public policy, most studies look at the relationship between R&D expenses and fiscal …
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Global R&D network. A network analysis of international R&D centres.
Prato, Giuditta De; Nepelski, Daniel - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2012
A firm's decision to establish an R&D centre in a specific location creates externalities affecting other firms and, thus, a random distribution of location choices is unlikely. Expecting that the global distribution of R&D centres fulfils the criteria of a complex network, we apply social...
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Characterizing the Evolution of the EU-US R&D Intensity Gap using Data from Top R&D Performers
Stancik, Juraj; Biagi, Federico - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2012
In this report, we look at the evolution of Europe's R&D intensity gap relative to the US and its main competitors, using data from repeated waves (2002-2010) of the Industrial Scoreboard, which collects data from top R&D performers in Europe and in the rest of the world (US, Japan, BRIC, Asian...
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Prospects of Mobile Search
Gómez-Barroso, José Luis; Compañó, Ramón; Feijóo, … - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2010
Search faces (at least) two major challenges. One is to improve the efficiency of retrieving relevant content for all digital formats (images, audio, video, 3D shapes, etc). The second is to make relevant information retrievable in a range of platforms, particularly in high diffusion ones for...
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Economic Trends in Enterprise Search Solutions
Benghozi, Pierre-Jean; Chamaret, Cécile; Compañó, Ramón - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2010
Enterprise search technology retrieves information within organizations. This data can be proprietary and public, and access to it may be restricted or not. Enterprise search solutions render business processes more efficient particularly in data-intensive companies. This technology is key to...
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