Academic spin-offs enjoy the increasing attention of policy makers in the last years. Recently, the topic gained the interest and attention of already established enterprises as well. The reason is the new…
CLEAN_PROD is a Coordination Action led by CETIM (France) to observe, link, coordinate and consolidate RTD activities between 8 Member States (Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain and UK). It…
Main aim of the project ist the calculation of a Social Return on Investment (SROI), following the corresponding concept of the Roberts Enterprise Development Fund (RDF). This concept intends to quantify economic,…
In Germany all public authorities exhibit a great necessity of consolidation. The debate about the consolidation basically focuses either on the expenditures or on the revenues of the public authorities. Less…
This study builds on the results of research conducted in 2003 and 2005 into the role of the chemical industry in providing impulses for innovation in other sectors. This project focuses on two main topics. The…
In December 2005 the Council has agreed on a new financial perspective for the Community for the years 2007-13. At the same time, a far reaching review of community finances was decided. With this background this…
Subject of the study is the European market for portfolio transactions in the real estate markets. An introductory chapter discusses the macroeconomic background for portfolio transactions in Europe and the …
The vital importance of maritime transport has already been recognised in the White Paper of the European Commission on European transport policy as well as in the Community guidelines on State aid to maritime…
In a far-ranging reform to German social legislation, unemployment and social assistance have been joined into a common framework in 2005. This has brought about major organisational changes. In most cases,…
The aim of this project is to apply new concepts of innovation - notably marketing and organisational innovation - to the Community Innovation Surveys (CIS) methodology to test whether these new concepts are…
The core of the project consists in the development of strategies to regulate the labour market. These concepts are not aimed at a single regulation field, but they regard the system of regulations as a whole, and…
The project considers the social integration of low-skilled young people under the conditions of a knowledge-based economy. An essential factor of social integration in Germany is the transition from school to…