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International collaboration in various aspects of innovation in the selected South East European countries

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Roberto Mavilia from Bocconi University prepared dissemination report on international collaboration in various aspects of innovation in the selected South East European countries. Key messages of this report are following: The analysed statistical regions within SEE countries differ from developed EU countries in terms of international collaboration in various aspects of innovation. On average, the…

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Productivity of enterprises and the intensity of market forces: How does the market function in Croatia?

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Bruno Škrinjarić and Dr Vedran Recher from the Institute of Economics, Zagreb prepared a policy brief on productivity of enterprises and the intensity of market forces in Croatia. Key messages of the policy brief are: Labour productivity (LP) was stable in pre-crisis period before plummeting in 2009 after which is constantly lower by about 20…

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List of publications presented at SmartEIZ Training Workshops

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At the ninthTraining Workshop which was held in Zagreb in April 2018 the following researchers presented the following papers: Aralica, Zoran “Mapping GVC in Croatia” Vidaković Peruško, Ivana; Kovač, Katarina and Jošić, Miroslav “Croatia in global value chains”* At the eighth Training Workshop which was held in Maastricht in March 2018 the following researchers presented the following papers: Vargas Cuevas, Fernando…

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How to select and develop Key Enabling Technologies and policies to advance manufacturing in Croatia? Localising roles for innovation researchers and policy makers

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Dr René Wintjes from UNU-MERIT and Dr Zoran Aralica from the Institute of Economics, Zagreb prepared a policy brief on how to select and develop Key Enabling Technologies and policies to advance manufacturing in Croatia. The key messages of the policy brief are: Key Enabling Technologies as defined by the European Commission include: photonics, nanotechnology,…

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Assessing research and policy support needs for innovation in the South East Europe

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Researchers on the SmartEIZ project, Dr Zoran Aralica from the Institute of Economics, Zagreb and Dr Slavo Radošević from University College London, have conducted an online survey about research and policy support needs for innovation in South-East Europe. The questionnaire entitled „Assessing research and policy support needs for innovation in the South East Europe“ was…