Objectif Direct support to promote cooperative research and development activities - research joint ventures (RJVs in short) has gained enormously in popularity in recent years. There is by now voluminous theoretical economic literature on the incentives of firms to join RJVs. Unfortunately with relatively few exceptions, theoretical analysis has not been followed by systematic empirical work and the impact of the policies adopted has not been sufficiently evaluated. The object of the proposed research is to do exactly this. The main objectives of the proposed research are the following: - To describe the evolution of policies towards RJVs in a specified representative sample of seven EU member states and compare them with the respective policies practiced in the United States and Japan. - To examine the impact of the above policies on individual enterprises, industrial clusters and sectors, regions and countries. and to provide an overall assessment of the interplay between EU and national policies. - To evaluate the effectiveness of the implemented RJVs policies in promoting a number of public policy objectives such as industrial competitiveness, employment creation, skills upgrading, SMEs access to RTD-system, economic and social cohesion. - Last, to examine the relationship between RJV policies with other policies at the European and national levels and, again, provide comparative analysis with the USA and Japan. A special emphasis will be given to policies towards competition, intellectual property rights (IPRs) and cohesion. Since RJVs are a distinct form of interfirm cooperation, the starting point of our analysis will be the enterprise. We will create an extensive EU-based RJVs data base compiling datasets of firms which participated in RJVs sponsored by EU programmes. This EU-based RJVs data base will be compatible with a similar US-based RJVs data base, which has already been created under the supervision of a key-member of the coordinating team. It should be mentioned that the comparability of the results across the two regions is of enormous interest for policy analysts and policy- makers. The processing of these data sets through the use of quantitative analysis will be combined with in-depth qualitative analysis of technology and other policies affecting RJVs. Furthermore, a number of case studies will be undertaken in order to better understand the factors affecting the formation and impact of RJVs in the EU. The project will provide results and tools of great value to economists and other social scientists and company managers interested in industrial organization and technological change as well as policy decision makers interested in improving current policies to enhance their socio - economic Champ scientifique social sciencespolitical sciencespolitical policiespublic policiessocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementemployment Programme(s) FP4-TSER - Specific programme of targeted socio-economic research, 1994-1998 Thème(s) 0102 - Evaluation of the inter-relations between short and medium-term needs and socio-economic changes and new scientific and technological developments Appel à propositions Data not available Régime de financement CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinateur NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse 9,Heroon Polytechniou 9 Zographou Campus 15780 ATHENS Grèce Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée Participants (6) Trier par ordre alphabétique Trier par contribution de l’UE Tout développer Tout réduire FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI Italie Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Corso Magenta 63 MILANO Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée Handelshögskolan i Stockholm Suède Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse 113 83 Stockholm Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée Institut de l'audiovisuel et des Télécommunications en Europe France Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse 34092 Montpellier Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée Strategic Industrial Research Networks Royaume-Uni Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse 47,Charlwood Road 47 RH15 0RJ Burgess Hill Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID Espagne Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse 126,Calle Madrid 126 28903 GETAFE Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER Royaume-Uni Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Oxford Road Mathematics Building M13 9PL MANCHESTER Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée