Fourth European Community Innovation Survey: Strengths and Weaknesses of European Countries

This report provides detailed profiles for the EU and some EFTA countries as regards to innovation. The data for analysis are obtained from the recent European Community Innovation Survey, whose results have been released in December 2006. This has been the fourth Community Innovation Survey ( CIS hereby on ) so far, one of the two main instruments together with the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) to gather data on innovation indicators and assess national innovation performance. The CIS is designed to obtain information on innovation activities within enterprises, as well as various aspects of the process such as the effects of innovation, sources of information used, costs etc. The CIS-4 survey has been realized in around 30 European countries plus some non-European countries. The structure of the report is as follows: depending on the data availability, for each country a three step analysis is provided: the first part summarizes the general profile of the country on innovation, then the second part focuses on the economic sectors and firm sizes within each country, finaly a graphical representation of the general profile of the country is given.JRC.G.9-Econometrics and statistical support to antifrau

ERM Annual report 2014: Restructuring in the public sector

In the immediate aftermath of the recession in 2008, employment in the public sector continued to grow, helping to sustain demand in the European economy. However, by 2010, significant restructuring was underway in the public sector in several Member States. In contrast to restructuring in the private sector, public sector restructuring affects much of the population, and so generates a great deal of political interest and some controversy. It is also particularly complicated, and often problematic – not least on account of the numbers of people involved, the tradition of strong employment protection and high levels of trade union representation

The Lisbon Strategy and Development of Metrics to Measure Innovation in Europe

The Lisbon Strategy, launched in 2000, gives major importance to innovation in order to achieve the strategic goal the European Union set: being the most competitive knowledge society by 2010. In addition, the Lisbon agenda set up the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) as a policy tool to promote exchange of best practices and policy learning among Member States. The OMC relies heavily on the creation and use of indicators and benchmarks. This paper presents a short overview of the European policy approach towards innovation from 2000. Special emphasis is placed upon the measurements of innovation and on the innovation performance of the EU vis-à-vis its main competitors based on the innovation indicators created within the framework of the Lisbon strategy.JRC.G.9-Econometrics and statistical support to antifrau