Study on the effects of automation on road user behaviour and performance: Final Report

The aim of this study is to provide strategic and practical advice to the European Commission General Directorate DG MOVE on the policy-related actions required to address disruptive digital developments, particularly the transition to automated driving and its effects on driver behaviour and performance. Automated driving brings a number of...

Industrial B2B platforms: The race Europe cannot afford to lose

Digital platforms are everywhere today. They have become so prominent that we are talking about the platform economy as a new model of economic governance.2 The most visible platforms are those that dominate the social media, consumer products and services. Facebook, Instagram, Netflix, Amazon, Uber, AirBnB etc. have become household names....

Exploring the dynamics of water innovation: Foundations for water innovation studies

The urgent need for innovation to address multifaceted and intertwined water-related challenges is becoming increasingly clear, acknowledged and responded to with cumulating sources and amounts of funding. Nevertheless, the water sector has been claimed to be less innovative than other sectors. This Special Volume on the dynamics of water...

Firm perspectives on hydrogen

Article in press. Knowledge transfer dynamics and innovation: Behaviour, interactions and aggregated outcomes

Innovation systems theory stresses the central importance of knowledge and the transfer of knowledge

A comprehensive review of the evolving and cumulative nature of eco-innovation in the chemical industry

Different bodies of literature have attempted to explain what factors and events drive industries throughout processes of environmental change. The latter is a gradual, historical process of evolution from lower to higher degrees of development. Based on concepts derived from evolutionary economics, greening technological progress and resource...

Synthesis report. Sectoral Innovation Watch 2008-2011

Europe is currently facing the reality of a new international multipolar context in which the rules of the game are being reset. The industrial and innovation policies that have traditionally ruled international competitiveness are rapidly changing. Many nations strong in the international arena master not only the policies and strategies for...

Sectoral Innovation Watch Retail and Wholesale Trade Sector. Final sector report

The retail and wholesale trade sector traditionally is considered as a poor innovator. Innovation is seen as driven mostly by applications of information and communication technology (ICT). This report adopts a more comprehensive definition of innovation than the traditional one, taking into account both ICT-driven technological innovation and...