Euroabstracts, December 2002: Denmark cranks up the research machine
It is a small country which in many ways overperforms on the global scale, being for example a world leader in wireless telephony research, but it also has weak areas. One of these is in knowledge services, which Danish firms prefer to provide in-house for themselves. To boost its research performance, Denmark has brought research and innovation under the same ministerial roof. It further intends to double the number of foreign research students and streamline its university system by concentrating research in the larger institutions. In the December issue of Euroabstracts, Stein Larsen, acting head of secretariat at the Danish Council for Research Policy, explains Denmarks new direction in research policy A sample of other reviews: ,- A Eurobarometer survey shows that most top managers find no difficulty raising funding for research - tax breaks for innovation are what they want. ,- The best mentors, an Irish study shows, are those who know how to ask the right questions. ,- Europe's success in e-business will depend as much on commercial and personal skills as on technical ones. ,- And in the world of transport, superbuses may be the only viable solution to third-world traffic congestion.Euroabstracts is published six times a year in English. It provides brief but authoritative summaries of the key facts and ideas from recent publications on innovation and scientific research from the Commission and other international bodies.