What has India’s national system of innovation achieved in the last 60 years? How has it performed in terms of building industrial capabilities and promoting development? Innovation in India, a new book edited by Prof. Shyama V. Ramani, gathers historical evidence on the accumulation of scientific, technical, innovation and industrial capabilities across different industrial sectors. It analyses how technology and innovation have shaped different sectors in India and how this evolution ha...
Our press review features the latest publications by UNU-MERIT and its School of Governance. Output for June includes five working papers, five PhD theses, two articles and one book chapter. We cover rare earths in low carbon technologies, leadership changes in the regional jet industry, and refugee return and remittances in Burundi, among many others. [NB: the images above lead to related papers.] Working Papers ‘An introduction to the economics of rare earths’ aims to examine the supply risk o...
Our press review features the latest publications by and on UNU-MERIT and its School of Governance. Output for May includes 12 working papers, six articles, three reports, two books and one policy brief. We cover organic photovoltaics across three continents, innovation in India, investment in Africa, and migrant integration in eight cities around the world, among many others. NB: the images above lead to related papers. ‘Nanotechnology and Development: What’s in it for Emerging Coun...
Our EU Trend Reports tackle innovative business practices from a policy perspective. They help policymakers better understand the latest trends in business and industry innovation and provide specific policy recommendations to unleash the potential of European businesses and scale-up successful innovative solutions in the EU. Two trend reports are published every year, drawing on case studies and conference outcomes. ••• The second trend report from the EU’s Business Innovation Observatory highl...
International conference: “Future perspectives on innovation and governance in development” Since 1988, UNU-MERIT and its predecessors have addressed the topics of technological change, innovation and economic development. More recently, with the inclusion of the School of Governance, this perspective has widened to include both governance and institutions. In 2014, it will be 25 years since the launch of UNU-INTECH, one of the predecessors of UNU-MERIT, 26 years since the establishment of the M...
What are the links between growth, innovation and patents? How should we handle copyright enforcement? How is gender a major issue for IP? And what are the new developments for IP arising from 3D printing? These are among the topics of the 9th annual conference of the EPIP (European Policy for Intellectual Property) association, to be co-hosted in Brussels with the European Commission, 4-5 September 2014, under the banner: “Improving Innovation Systems”. Scholars and practitioners interested in ...
A consortium led by our School of Governance has won a million euros to manage an EU project for “Innovating Teaching and Learning of European Studies” (INOTLES). Running from 2014-2016 under the TEMPUS umbrella, the project aims to modernize higher education in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. Background INOTLES will connect Eastern partners with EU centres of excellence in e-learning, problem-based learning and simulations, to create flexible resources for European Studies courses. By establishin...
— See the first tab below for the feature article by researchmedia.eu — Europe is closing the innovation gap with the USA and Japan, but there are big performance differences between EU Member States that are diminishing only slowly. At a regional level, the innovation gap is widening, with performance having worsened in almost one fifth of EU regions. These are the main results of the latest Innovation Union and Regional Innovation Scoreboards, prepared by researchers at UNU-MERIT a...
Our press review features the latest publications by UNU-MERIT and its School of Governance, as well as mentions in the media. Output for January consists of four working papers, one policy brief, one book and one book chapter. These cover quality innovation for development, international migration trends, sustainable energy transition, R&D effects on firm growth and user-based innovation, among various other topics. ‘User innovators and their influence on innovation activities of firm...
A new report written by Dr. René Wintjes for the EU’s ‘Business Innovation Observatory’ looks at a range of new business, organisational and production models. These include successful new ways in which companies organise themselves, produce goods and services, and create new markets. Based on 12 case studies, the report highlights common issues and major trends before giving a raft of policy recommendations. The idea behind this approach is that good policy can increase the so...