Building an Innovative Economy in Europe

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ISBN: 9789289407885
Category : European Union countries
Languages : en
Pages : 67

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Book Description
This publication summarises the first 12 reports in a series of Innovation Policy Studies undertaken for the European Commission's Enterprise Directorate-General. The papers are organised under five headings. The first heading 'Innovation Policy' contains: statistics on innovation in Europe; innovation policy in a knowledge-based economy; European trend chart on innovation. The second 'Technology Transfer' contains: getting more innovation from public research; European innovative enterprises. The third 'Innovative Finance' contains: corporate venturing in Europe; funding of new technology-based firms by commercial banks in Europe; interim assessment of the I-TEC pilot project. The fourth 'Innovation Management' contains: innovation management- building competitive skills in SMEs; promoting innovation managemtn techniques in Europe; enforcing small firms' patent rights. The last part 'Regional Issues and Approaches' is an assessment of the Community regional innovation and technology transfer strategies.