Intangible Capital and Innovations: Drivers of Growth and Location in the EU

Provider

Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports

Programme

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Call for proposals

FP7-SSH-2007-1

Main participants

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Contest type

RP - Co-financing of EC programme

Contract ID

3095/2010-32

Project name in Czech

Intangible Capital and Innovations: Drivers of Growth and Location in the EU

Annotation in Czech

It is widely recognised that intellectual assets are major determinants of the generation of innovation and thus in the enhancement of growth, employment and competitiveness of the EU. The importance of R&D and innovation is also explicitly acknowledgedin the ?Lisbon process?. However, our knowledge of the contribution of intangibles to economic performance is still incomplete. While firms undoubtedly are at the centre of innovation and productivity growth, their activities are hard to analyse empirically. Furthermore, at the macro-level the national accounts data on capital formation focus primarily on fixed investment and have only recently attempted to measure investment in intangibles such as software, mineral exploration and artistic creations. The aim of this research project is to reduce our ignorance by providing new data on intangibles and new estimates of the capacity of intangible capital to generate growth. We envisage doing this both at firm-level and at national level. At the micro-lev

R&D category

AP - Applied research

CEP classification - main branch

AH - Economics

CEP - secondary branch

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CEP - another secondary branch

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OECD FORD - equivalent branches <br>(according to the <a href="http://www.vyzkum.cz/storage/att/E6EF7938F0E854BAE520AC119FB22E8D/Prevodnik_oboru_Frascati.pdf">converter</a>)

50201 - Economic Theory<br>50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics<br>50203 - Industrial relations<br>50204 - Business and management<br>50205 - Accounting<br>50206 - Finance

Provider evaluation

U - Uspěl podle zadání (s publikovanými či patentovanými výsledky atd.)

Project results evaluation

Following the condition that the candidate of financial contribution was evaluated and afterwards selected by international provider in accordance with the rules of the program the Ministry of Education, Youth ans Sports does not realize the evaluation of project results. The project is evaluated only after its approval by an international provider.

Realization period - beginning

Mar 1, 2008

Realization period - end

Feb 28, 2011

Project status

U - Finished project

Latest support payment

Mar 28, 2011

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Data delivery code

CEP12-MSM-7E-U/01:1

Data delivery date

Jul 12, 2012

Total approved costs

900 thou. CZK

Public financial support

900 thou. CZK

Other public sources

0 thou. CZK

Non public and foreign sources

0 thou. CZK