Macroeconomic and taxation conditions of national innovation system of Ukraine

NIS is nowadays one of the most widespread tools of the analysis of factors influencing the creation, diffusion and adoption of innovations. Innovation is often more seen as the main driver for growth within economic and social systems. During the Soviet era, the national innovation system of Ukraine was somehow integrated within the Soviet Union’s system of innovation, though each republic had their production, research and development specialisation. Over last decades science and technology sectors of Ukraine underwent considerable changes in the bid to reallocate its scientific resources away from military towards civilian goals and to develop its internal capacity to foster innovations. Nonetheless the Ukrainian system of Innovation has performed very poorly. Ukrainian NIS failure reflects in the poor innovation performance of national firms. In the past two decades it became apparent that macroeconomic conditions and taxation are among the most important framework conditions which affected negatively the innovation performance of Ukraine.innovation policy, macroeconomic analysis of economic development, government policy

Digital technologies and the social economy: New technologies and digitisation: opportunities and challenges for the social economy and social enterprises.

The ongoing digital transformation is crucial for the social economy as it presents both enormous opportunities and challenges. Digital technologies, such as online platforms, software applications (apps), distributed ledger technologies, the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing and Artificial Intelligence (AI), offer a wide variety of tools to support the creation of social values and the development and further expansion of the social economy. Budget constraints, digital skills shortages and technological gaps are clear barriers for the social economy to uptake new technologies. We selected 26 social economy organisations using innovative digital technologies effectively across Greece, Italy, The Netherlands and the UK. Our objective is to understand how they are working through the digitalisation process. The study, based on primary information and insights collected via personal interviews, workshops and on relevant literature, sheds light on the key questions stated above. Here we present highlights of the study

How ICTs Shape the Relationship Between the State and the Citizens: Exploring New Paradigms Between Civic Engagement and Social Innovation

The paper investigates the role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in enabling social innovation and civic engagement. The purpose is to advance a typology for better understanding whether such a phenomenon might contribute to a paradigmatic shift in the relationship between the governments or the administrations and citizens. This framework is set out is based on the review of recent literature on social innovation and ICTs, studying the relationships between government and citizens emerging from 41 cases. The analysis highlights how ICTs underpin innovation in civic engagement initiatives in two main ways: 1) by modernising existing processes and 2) by integrating new services

Employment in European high tech manufacturing SMES during the recovery (2009-2011)

ABSTRACTThe industrial policy debate in the EU is mostly centred on the importance of high-tech manufacturing in the recovery from the 2008/2009 crisis and for the future prosperity of Europe. This paper looks at employment in European high-tech manufacturing Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) during the recovery from the global financial and economic crisis: 2009 - 2011. Its aim is to study the relations between employment in said sector and macroeconomic, policy and structural factors. A simple regression is used to ascertain the influence of these factors on employment in high-tech manufacturing SMEs. Policy implications are also drawn.  ABSTRACT The industrial policy debate in the EU is mostly centred on the importance of high-tech manufacturing in the recovery from the 2008/2009 crisis and for the future prosperity of Europe. This paper looks at employment in European high-tech manufacturing Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) during the recovery from the global financial and economic crisis: 2009 - 2011. Its aim is to study the relations between employment in said sector and macroeconomic policy and structural factors. A simple regression is used to ascertain the influence of these factors on employment in high-tech manufacturing SMEs. Policy implications are also drawn.  RESUMENEl debate sobre la política industrial en la UE está fundamentalmente centrado en la importancia que deben tener los sectores manufactureros de alta tecnología en la recuperación de la crisis del 2008/2009 y para la prosperidad futura en Europa. Este artículo analiza el empleo en pequeñas y medianas empresas (SME en sus siglas en inglés) europeas que trabajan en sectores de alta y media tecnología y se centra en el periodo de recuperación de la crisis global y financiera del 2009-2011. El objetivo es estudiar las relaciones entre el empleo en dicho sector y la política macroeconómica y los factores estructurales. Se hace uso de una regresión simple para comprobar la influencia de dichos factores sobre el empleo en SME en sectores de alta tecnología. A partir de este análisis se extraen recomendaciones en materia de política económica.   &nbsp