Assessing the impact of off-shoring research - call for tenders

The European Commission's Enterprise and Industry DG has published a call for tenders for an assessment of the impact of off-shoring of research and development on the innovation potential of EU companies. The contract concerns a study whose purpose is to establish how, where...

The European Commission's Enterprise and Industry DG has published a call for tenders for an assessment of the impact of off-shoring of research and development on the innovation potential of EU companies.

The contract concerns a study whose purpose is to establish how, where, and to what extent the innovation performance of EU countries, as measured by the European Innovation Scoreboard, is affected by off-shoring of research and development. The study should therefore:

- provide a methodological framework to describe the potential effects that off-shoring of research and development can have on innovation performance as measured by the European Innovation Scoreboard's indicators and other economic or scientific indicators;
- present and validate the results of existing studies on off-shoring of research and development from EU countries to other countries, including within the EU;
- validate the developed methodological framework on the impact of off-shoring through case studies and selected interviews;
- provide three simulations on the potential effects of off-shoring on innovation performance;
- provide recommendations on how the issue of off-shoring of research and development can be addressed by innovation policy measures.For further information, please contact:

European Commission
Directorate-General Enterprise and Industry
Unit D1 - Innovation Policy Development
Attn: Franck Dupont
Rue de la Loi 200
B-1049 Brussels
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

To see the full details of the call, please consult the following web address:
http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?REQUEST=Seek-Deliver&LANGUAGE=en&DOCID=093722-2005