The economic footprint of the Dutch Research and Technology Organization TNO

De rol van onderzoeksinstituten in de maatschappij is om innovatieve producten, diensten en productieprocessen te ontwikkelen en daarmee dus de productiviteit en concurrentiekracht van de economie te verhogen. In deze studie hebben wij het effect geschat van een subsidie aan het Nederlandse onderzoeksinstituut TNO (Nederlandse Organisatie voor...

Innovatieprestatie in Nederlandse Topsectoren = Innovation performance in Dutch top sectors

The goal of the European Committee is to achieve 3% of the GDP by 2020, which could create 3.7 million jobs within the European Union. For achieving this target, the European Commission continued the track of the Lisbon Strategy into the 2020 Strategy enacting amongst other the initiative “Innovation Union”. Given the importance of innovation,...

International comparison of The Netherlands with respect to the decomposition of BERD intensity and trade competitiveness

This paper investigates the international competitiveness of economic sectors in the Netherlands by looking at two dimensions of competiveness of sectors: R&D investments and international trade. Business enterprise R&D expenditures (BERD) are a production factor input that potentially leads to higher productivity, economic growth and higher...

Groeisectoren in Nederland in internationaal perspectief

In dit topical paper wordt de vraag beantwoord welke bedrijfstakken bijdragen aan de algehele groei van de Nederlandse economie. Hiertoe is de sectorale ontwikkeling van Nederland vergeleken met die van 18 andere landen in de OECD, waaronder de Verenigde Staten, Zuid Korea en de grootste Europese landen. Daartoe is een dataset ontwikkeld op...

Quantifying the direct and indirect rebound effects for consumers as a response to energy-saving technologies in the EU-27

We estimate the rebound effect for residential space heating at the EU-27 level, which occurs when an improvement in energy efficiency results in additional energy consumption. Three types of rebound effects are distinguished, namely the direct effect, indirect effect and the embodied energy. We demonstrate that the magnitude of the direct...