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Gender equality, diversity, and inclusion in innovation: Roundtable summary report

In Gender equality, diversity, and inclusion: Roundtable summary report , The Institute fo Competitiveness and Prosperity presents the challenges of incorporating gender equality, diversity, and inclusion into clusters in Canada, particularly into the five Superclusters, as well as a number of recommendations. The Institute, in partnership with the WE EMPOWER Programme of UN Women, hosted a roundtable on January 25, 2019 with 30 leaders from a variety of backgrounds. As the roundtable followed Chatham House Rules, individual respondents are not identified but their insights are incorporated...
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  • Mar 11, 2019
  • alina danielescu

The 2018 Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends report - The rise of the social enterprise

Based on a global survey of more than 11,000 business and HR leaders, as well as interviews with executives from some of today’s leading organizations, the fundamental change from business enterprises into social enterprises is showcased in the 2018 Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends report . This shift reflects the growing importance of social capital in shaping an organization’s purpose, guiding its relationships with stakeholders, and influencing its ultimate success or failure. ' A social enterprise is an organization whose mission combines revenue growth and profitmaking with the need...
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  • Mar 03, 2019
  • alina danielescu

Are EU companies adopting digital technologies?

The 2018 Digital Transformation Scoreboard shows that the uptake of digital technologies by businesses is increasing. Equally, more EU countries perform above the average in the integration of digital technology. The United Kingdom, Spain, Denmark and Luxembourg are the most digitally-aware European countries. Improvements are necessary for some eastern and southern states . 70% of EU companies have invested in digital technologies Every year since 2016, the Digital Transformation Scoreboard studies the uptake of digital technologies in businesses across the EU. This year’s exercise surveyed...
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  • Sep 20, 2018
  • alina danielescu

Innovation & Gender

Published by the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems VINNOVA and authored by Inger Danilda and Jennie Granat Thorslund (eds.), the book tackles questions such as "Why does GENDER DIVERSITY matter when it comes to product and service innovation? What has RESEARCH shown? And what does HARD-WON EXPERIENCE tell us?". A result of a collaboration project between two countries, Norway and Sweden, and three different public agencies, Innovation Norway, the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth and VINNOVA, sharing a common ground, the mission to increase growth by innovation...
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  • Jul 04, 2018
  • alina danielescu

Priority Sector Report: Agrofood

In order to support evidence-based policy-making and partnering, the European Cluster Observatory (2014-2016) provides an EU-wide comparative cluster mapping with sectoral and cross-sectoral statistical analysis of the geographical concentration of economic activities and performance. Considering Agrofood is an important economic driver for European many regions, emerging as one of the most prominent domains wit EU regions smart specialization strategies and is also one of the key thematic orientations of applications and selected cluster projects for new industrial value chains (INNOSUP-1)...
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  • Jun 07, 2018
  • alina danielescu

Clusters and Workforce Development

The presented discussion paper, released by the European Cluster Observatory (2014-2016), aims at initiating a debate on the current and future role of clusters and cluster organisations in connection with skills development with a special focus on emerging industries, exploring the role that clusters, cluster initiatives and cluster organisations can play in the context of workforce development within emerging industries. The key questions addressed in this discussion paper are as follows: What are the main challenges in providing the necessary skills to grow the talent pool? How can we...
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  • Jun 07, 2018
  • alina danielescu

Evaluation report of BSR Stars Innovation Express 2015 programme

Aimed at addressing the policymakers' demand for understanding the type of results that SMEs have from BSR Stars Innovation Express projects , as well as the role that cluster organizations play in catalyzing SME internationalization, this evaluation report provides an overview of activities and overall lessons learned about the concept, highlighting insights and recommendations for the future. The report was drawn up in December 2017, by Emily Wise - Research Fellow and Consultant Lund University and IEC AB, marking the end of a first five years of implementation of the Innovation Express...
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  • May 07, 2018
  • alina danielescu

Supporting an Innovation Agenda for the Western Balkans - Tools and Methodologies

A Science for Policy report by the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission’s science and knowledge service, this publication aims to provide evidence-based scientific support to the European policymaking process. The report (source: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/eur-scientific-and-technical-research-reports/supporting-innovation-agenda-western-balkans-tools-and-methodologies ) presents the ongoing work of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) in supporting an Innovation Agenda for the Western Balkans in cooperation with the Directorate General for...
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  • May 03, 2018
  • alina danielescu

Public Procurement - Guidance for practitioners

As clusters are looking for a possibility to use public procurement for innovation, this guide may be useful in understanding the mechanism of public procurement – and especially with European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF). Following on the great success of the first edition with more than 70,000 downloads, DG REGIO is particularly happy to present the new and updated version of the Public Procurement - Guidance for practitioners on the avoidance of the most common errors in projects funded by the European Structural and Investment Funds. This improved document takes into account the...
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  • Mar 30, 2018
  • alina danielescu

Cluster Management Excellence in the Danube region

ESCA , the European Sercretariat for Cluster Analysis has just released the study Cluster Management Excellence in the Danube region, dedicated to the current status of cluster management excellence in Europe, authored by Helmut Kergel, Dr. Gerd Meier zu Köcker, Michael Nerger and Dr. Oliver Ziegler. The study aims at contributing to the currently ongoing efforts made within ECEI II project to update and further streamline the Cluster Management Excellence and Labelling approach, as well as shading light on the current landscape within the Danube region, while illustrating the similarities...
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  • Mar 13, 2018
  • alina danielescu

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