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[REPORT SUMMARY] Technology and infrastructures policy in the knowledge-based economy - Redesign of incentives: Dynamics of communities
The promotion of university/industry relationships is a well-established science and technology policy area. A long tradition of different institutional settings, financial incentives and other tools of technology transfer are used. Although there is a broad consensus that the...
Programme: FP4-TSER
Record Number: 34610
Last updated on: 2005-01-14
[REPORT SUMMARY] Evaluation and self-evaluation of universities in Europe: Evaluations of activities and of results - Evaluation of research
Universities have a traditional mission of research; but a diversification is in progress: fundamental research and research-&-development are from now linked, in favour of the economic development. The tendencies observed in Europe are: a research activity existing in all the...
Programme: FP4-TSER
Record Number: 34488
Last updated on: 2004-09-06
[REPORT SUMMARY] Technology and infrastructures policy in the knowledge-based economy - Alternatives to the patent system
- Ex ante R&D Subsidies
A first alternative to the patent system could be R&D subsidies (this idea goes back to Pigou, 1920). The granting of subsidies, proportionally to the amount of R&D investment, to the firms who invest in R&D can help to restore incentives. In this way, ...
Programme: FP4-TSER
Record Number: 34613
Last updated on: 2005-01-14
[REPORT SUMMARY] Evaluation and self-evaluation of universities in Europe: Evaluations of resources - Evaluations of structures
By resources, we mean evidently the personnel (academics, engineers, technicians, administrative personnel and workers), but also the financial resources. At last, the organisation is also a resource: the university government and the structures (faculties, departments, admini...
Programme: FP4-TSER
Record Number: 34492
Last updated on: 2004-09-06
By resources, we mean evidently the personnel (academics, engineers, technicians, administrative personnel and workers), but also the financial resources. At last, the organisation is also a resource: the university government and the structures (faculties, departments, admini...
Programme: FP4-TSER
Record Number: 34491
Last updated on: 2004-09-06
[REPORT SUMMARY] Technology and infrastructures policy in the knowledge-based economy - New agents of knowledge
The new agents of knowledge are not really 'new'. What is new is that in the meanwhile as economic actors they play a far greater role than in the past. The new actors are mostly small firms characterized by skilled knowledge workers. The study of Creplet et al. tries to analy...
Programme: FP4-TSER
Record Number: 34609
Last updated on: 2005-01-14
[REPORT SUMMARY] Technology and infrastructures policy in the knowledge-based economy - Empirical studies on the general codification trends in Europe
In order to test the theoretical hypotheses developed by the project, the TIPIK teams carried out a series of 13 empirical case studies. The case studies examine different forms of codification of knowledge. They emphasise various perspectives of the process of codification, f...
Programme: FP4-TSER
Record Number: 34630
Last updated on: 2005-01-14
[REPORT SUMMARY] Technology and infrastructures policy in the knowledge-based economy - Standardisation and codification
The case study on ISO standards implementation emphasizes the importance of the way economic agents conceive the role played by industrial standards in the organization. If standards are considered as constraints by the firm, conformity process will follow the strict applicati...
Programme: FP4-TSER
Record Number: 34612
Last updated on: 2005-01-14
[REPORT SUMMARY] Technology and infrastructures policy in the knowledge-based economy - Solving the paradox of digital memory
There is a range of policy issues to be addressed around the paradox of digital memory. This is a paradox because on the one hand many public and private organizations are keen to implement procedures and mechanisms for building organizational memories (with appropriate in...
Programme: FP4-TSER
Record Number: 34611
Last updated on: 2005-01-14
The study by Muller/Zenker comes to the following conclusions: Compared to large manufacturers, small and medium-sized enterprises are characterised by a lower level of knowledge-intensive interactions. This means mainly that SMEs acquire less innovation-related information fr...
Programme: FP4-TSER
Record Number: 34608
Last updated on: 2005-01-14
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