A major reform of EU regional policy will put innovation at the heart of smart specialisation strategies that aim to end the research divide and halt the brain drain
Big Data holds the potential to boost economic growth in Europe by 1.9 per cent by 2020, according to a new report. But how will this be achieved and what needs to be done to try and ensure the benefits are equally spread?
The Startup Europe Partnership and the European Digital Forum gather global entrepreneurs, universities and financial institutions, and aim to close the gap between Europe and Silicon Valley
Microsoft opened the doors of a new training centre in Brussels, which it says will both help to bridge the ICT skills gap reduce youth employment in Europe
The Commission has started re-organising its main department for research and innovation. The objective, Director-General Robert-Jan Smits tells Science|Business, is better policy and more efficient grant handling
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