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Networks of Innovation in Information Technology: Technology Development and Deployment in Europe
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| Presenter(s):
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| Nicholas Vonortas,
George Washington University,
vonortas@gwu.edu
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| Franco Malerba,
Luigi Bocconi University,
franco.malerba@unibocconi.it
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| Nicoletta Corrocher,
Luigi Bocconi University,
nicoletta.corrocher@unibocconi.it
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| Lorenzo Cassi,
Luigi Bocconi University,
lorenzo.cassi@unibocconi.it
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| Abstract:
This evaluation study concentrates on the assessment of the effectiveness of collaborative networks and of knowledge transfers between research, innovation and deployment activities related to Information Technology at the EU and regional levels. In particular, it highlights the linkages and influences between the research networks built through Framework Programme funding in IT, on the one hand, and the technology deployment networks built through EU and regional programmes, on the other. The coalescence of these networks within nine selected regions of the European Community has received the bulk of our attention.
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A New System for Research Evaluation Under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme
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| Neville Reeve,
European Commission,
neville.reeve@ec.europa.eu
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| Abstract:
EU research evaluation operates through and by a series of rules, principles and actors. In effect this may be described as the Community research evaluation system. There are European Commission-level evaluation requirements and frameworks and, within this, the more specific requirements for EU research evaluation. There are key users, such as the Council of Ministers, European Parliament, the Member States, the Programme Committees of Member States' representatives and the operational research managers within the European Commission. There are the evaluation specialists and the specialists in various fields of science and technology who provide the independent expertise. There are the standards, good-practice guidelines and norms, which are both determined by, and shape the practice of, research evaluation. This paper will look in particular at how the research evaluation system has been evolved for the 7th Framework Programme.
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The European Union's Seventh Framework Programme and the Role of Evaluation
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| Peter Fisch,
European Commission,
peter.fisch@ec.europa.eu
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There is a long history to the evaluation of European Union (EU) research activities. Evaluation has played, and continues to play, a central role in legitimating policy and funding decisions, in supporting wider accountability for the funding process and for improvements in the efficiency of research implementation. This paper will provide an overall introduction to the EU's research activities and reveal the evaluation challenge for the 7th Framework Programme (FP7). This multi-annual funding scheme has been progressively developed since the middle 1980s comprising a complex set of horizontal and vertical research and research-related themes. It has sometimes been described as the most comprehensive research funding scheme in the world. The paper will also explore the wider policy context of research evaluation in the EU including the Lisbon strategy and the European Research Area.
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