TY - BOOK
T1 - JRC Scientific and Technical Reports: The question of R&D specialisation: perspectives and policy implications
AU - Bonaccorsi, Andrea
AU - Čenys, Antanas
AU - Chorafakis, George
AU - Cooke, Phil
AU - Foray, Dominique
AU - Giannitsis, Anastasios
AU - Harrison, Mark
AU - Kyriakou, Dimitrios
AU - Pontikakis, Dimitrios
AU - Smith, Keith
PY - 2009/6
Y1 - 2009/6
N2 - The question of 'R&D specialisation' has emerged as an issue of debate on the research policy agenda. But what is this question and why should we bother with it? The question boils down to whether, for any given geographical-political entity, there are benefits to having R&D efforts concentrated (or specialised) in a limited number of thematic areas and, if so, whether (a) public funding of R&D should focus on these areas accordingly and (b) corporate R&D investment should be steered towards these areas through structural changes to the economy (and how to achieve this). To explore this question and examine its implications for policy, the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, together with DG Research, organised a workshop in Barcelona on 30 June 2008. This report is an edited compilation of contributions submitted by participants at this event.
AB - The question of 'R&D specialisation' has emerged as an issue of debate on the research policy agenda. But what is this question and why should we bother with it? The question boils down to whether, for any given geographical-political entity, there are benefits to having R&D efforts concentrated (or specialised) in a limited number of thematic areas and, if so, whether (a) public funding of R&D should focus on these areas accordingly and (b) corporate R&D investment should be steered towards these areas through structural changes to the economy (and how to achieve this). To explore this question and examine its implications for policy, the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, together with DG Research, organised a workshop in Barcelona on 30 June 2008. This report is an edited compilation of contributions submitted by participants at this event.
U2 - 10.2791/1094
DO - 10.2791/1094
M3 - Commissioned report
BT - JRC Scientific and Technical Reports: The question of R&D specialisation: perspectives and policy implications
PB - Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
CY - Luxembourg
ER -