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R&D – no impact of public money?

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Balazs Barta
  on  August 28, 2008
  in  Hungary and Innovation policy
. 2 Comments

There is an enormous willingness from state policy makers to boost research and development activity in various countries of the Centrope region. The question is does this work?

Facts: in Hungary the R&D spending is app. 1% of the GPD. 90% of the spending comes from the public sector. The number of scientific researchers is extremely low, and brain drain has accelerated in recent years. The percentage of small- and medium sized enterprises is low, meanwhile their research budget is also insignificant. The percentage of graduates in real sciences is less than 8% of total graduates.

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Best practices from cluster initiatives

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Vlastimil Vesely
  on  August 27, 2008
  in  Current events and Czech Republic
. 1 Comment

I still wonder whether somebody of you is aware of a website where organisers share their planned events not to compete for the limited attention of the same target groups. Or can we list at least the main ICT innovation events held regularly in our region? This is certainly one of the questions to be asked when developing our cluster strategy next year.

We are discussing with Gunther Krumpak what upcoming events would be the most relevant to presenting the CITT outcomes or to collecting experience and best practices. Continue reading ‘Best practices from cluster initiatives’

Counting mobile phones - beyond 100% penetration

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Robert Nemeth
  on  August 26, 2008
  in  Facts, figures & trends
. 1 Comment

In recent years, more and more countries report passing the 100% mobile penetration barrier. Currently that is the case in most of the EU member states.

However, it is evident that this figure is not the same as 100% mobile ownership.

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EIU: Multinational innovation in CEE is not enough

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Steven Carlson
  on  August 25, 2008
  in  Business innovation, Czech Republic, Facts, figures & trends, Hungary, Innovation policy and Slovakia
. 0 Comments

According to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), multinationals have been the key driver of Central European business innovation in recent years. While this innovation has brought benefits, it has not helped local companies, nor has it prepared the region for the challenges ahead.

In fact, a dependence on multinational innovation has left Central Europe’s economies vulnerable, according the EIU report entitled ‘A Time For New Ideas: Innovation in Central Europe‘, sponsored by Oracle Corporation. While a handful of local SMEs have managed to innovate, the region faces a shortage of talent and a lack of support for innovation among local governments.

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Vienna, Austria – A Spot of Excellence

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Bernhard Schmid
  on  August 21, 2008
  in  Austria and Business innovation
. 0 Comments

Today I would like to present you one Viennese research institution and one company (Competence Center) successfully involved in R&D-activities. Both of them are quite important for our city.

These two organizations have an excellent international reputation and both of them are running successful cross-border projects and have finalized some very interesting ones in the past.

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nowEurope is a web of relationships

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Steven Carlson
  on  August 13, 2008
  in  About CITT
. 0 Comments

Most people think a blog is about printed words. And it is. However, what you might not know is that the lifeblood of a blog is human relationships. There is more going on behind your computer screen than meets the eye.

This dynamic might be obvious to those of you who spend most of your days online (like me). Others might appreciate a few insights into how this works - and how you can take part.

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What technology transfer questions interest you most?

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Vlastimil Vesely
  on  August 11, 2008
  in  About CITT, Business innovation and Innovation policy
. 1 Comment

We are still in the early phase of our publishing effort here at nowEurope connected with the Centrope ICT transfer project and keep identifying the main issues and common interests in our region of the Central Europe.

Technology transfer is a term widely used but it is often understood in quite different ways. Some people even take it just as another buzzword and so let’s take a closer look what it represents for us. For you. What are the topics or concrete questions interesting you and us the most?
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Broadband penetration - Is Austria lagging behind?

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Robert Nemeth
  on  August 11, 2008
  in  Austria and Facts, figures & trends
. 4 Comments

The European Comission published its Progress Report on the Single European Electronic Communications Market in 2007. It contains a comparison of fixed broadband penetration rates together with the speed of progress. Although in January 2008, Austria has a penetration rate near to the EU27 average of 20%, the country also showed the smallest increase in penetration rate over the previous year.

However, these figures may also be misleading due to the ongoing evolution in broadband technologies. Continue reading ‘Broadband penetration - Is Austria lagging behind?’

Are we trapped in a vicious loop?

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Guenther Krumpak
  on  August 7, 2008
  in  Austria and Uncategorized
. 1 Comment

This post is somehow a free analysis of my observations, and you, dear readers and bloggers, can verify together with me if my observations and conclusions apply.

Recently I commented IBM CEE’s move from Vienna to Prague. I said that this move has no reasonable background, as the Czech Republic is no low-cost low-wage country anymore and if IBM wants growth, why not go to Russia right away.

At the same time it was announced that Siemens rail vehicles is closing down in Prague. No tit-for-tat feelings. Everybody who has his/her eyes open can see that classical production moves east.

Yesterday I attended an event where one of Austria’s top ICT researchers, Bruno Buchberger (one of the top three worldwide in Symbolic Computation) presented his new master studies program mainly targeted to foreigners as in Austria they do not have enough top qualified computer science students.

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Gate2Start help for ICT researchers

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Vlastimil Vesely
  on  July 13, 2008
  in  Business innovation, Czech Republic, EU funding programmes, Facts, figures & trends, Innovation policy and Venture capital
. 1 Comment

Gate2Start is a name of another Framework Programme project focused on the ICT sector and technology transfer. It is a part of the broader Europe Innova initiative addressing the exploitation of research-based innovation and bringing entrepreneurship and market expertise at the start of applied research.

Several coaching and networking events were run in several countries over last two years and there have been also developed some outputs the CITT and NowEurope community can benefit from.

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