Periodic Reporting for period 2 - GLORIA (Global Industrial Research & Innovation Analyses)
Berichtszeitraum: 2019-12-01 bis 2020-11-30
The objective of this project is to generate science-based evidence to support policy making in the above initiatives by monitoring, analysing and benchmarking the global industrial players in R&D, following the mandate given by Member States of actions to be implemented by the European Commission since 2003. These companies are responsible for very large shares of Europe's total business R&D investments and their global flows. Taking a company-based perspective and expanding beyond R&D by analysing other indicators, e.g. the technological profile, and location of companies, the project allows getting a better understanding of the main determinants and barriers for research and innovation investments in Europe and of their impacts in terms of productivity, growth and employment. This shall help policy makers to design and implement measures to support business R&D investments in Europe, which is especially relevant in the context of the "Investment Plan for Europe" and its European Strategic Investment Fund (ESIF).
The close collaboration with DG-R&I has been an asset allowing for adaptation to unforeseen circumstances during implementation, esp the new Commission priorities and the Green Deal adoption, and the impact of the covid-19 crisis.
1. It has ensured the continuation of collection of high quality data on main corporate R&D investors, covering a sample of companies representing about 90% of the total R&D investments financed by the business sector worldwide. The dataset has been enriched with extremely valuable data on subsidiaries (overall the total company sample includes more than 600.000 individual companies) and with novel data on the IP portfolios (patents, publications and trademarks) of these global leading players. This data is open to the public (the data on IP portfolios has been jointly developed with the OECD and is available on-line as COR&DIP database) and covers a period of more than 12 years. This offers enormous possibilities for analysis and better understanding of major innovation industrial activities and dynamics.
2. Based on this data collection, the project has delivered two new editions of the EU R&D Investment Scoreboard and of the EU Industrial R&D Survey each, for 2018 & 19, and supported the preparations of the respective 2020 editions. The Scoreboard shows an intensifying race for global technological leadership over the past decade. The 2019 editions of the Scoreboard and Survey were adapted to the new policy priorities. The 2019 Scoreboard assesses the technological potential of European companies in the global context regarding green patents. The 2019 Survey included questions on sustainability strategies in companies.
3. The GLORIA project has further exploited and analysed the data collected in view of gathering empirical evidence to support policy making in the areas of research and innovation and industrial policy based on the above priority areas agreed between the JRC and DG-RTD for the project.
A detailed account of the results of this analytical work can be found in the corresponding annual reports and on the project website.
One important activity of this project has been the organisation of GLORIA Workshops, a way to confront and disseminate results with main project stakeholders: policy-makers, industry representatives and academic experts. Three workshops have been organised and all materials (summary reports, presentations, list of participants, agendas, and background documents) are available at the project website. In addition, annual reporting on the workshops has been sent as project deliverables.
Apart from these workshops, a wide range of dissemination channels has been used. Further, the results also included theoretical and methodological analyses contributing to the advancement of analytical approaches of our key topics, and especially regarding the development of new indicators, e.g the SDG-related reporting and reputation firm-level indicator piloted for the 2020 Scoreboard. A detailed account of the results of this analytical work can be found in the corresponding annual reports and on the project website.