Tag Archive for 'R&D spending'

ICT Brokerage Brno: ICT better off than other industries

Published on May 6, 2009 in Current events and Facts, figures & trends. 2 Comments Tags: bratislava, brno, Brussels, business europe, CEconsult, cee businesses, central europe, Centrope, CITT, cooperative research projects, czech market, Czech Republic, eastern europe, eastern european, eastern european countries, ec projects, EU funding programme, Europe, european commission, european commission officials, european union, fav, global competitiveness, global markets, Guenther Krumpak, Hungary, IBM, ICT, ITBeurope, matchmaking, multinationals, networking events, public investment, R&D spending, research and development, research budget, single currency, Slovakia, software companies, technology transfer projects.

In the framework of the Czech Republic’s EU presidency Masaryk University in Brno, CITT partner First Innovation Park and others organised an EU project information and brokerage event on April 30, 2009, where I had the honour and pleasure to speak. The hall was full, people interested and attentive. Allow me therefore this time to comment myself.

Originally I planned to talk about chances and risks in R&D and EU activities in Central Europe, but facing the present economic situation I thought I should rather offer general information on what is happening in the ICT markets in the region. Continue reading ‘ICT Brokerage Brno: ICT better off than other industries’

R&D – no impact of public money?

Published on August 28, 2008 in Hungary and Innovation policy. 6 Comments Tags: Hungary, R&D spending, research and development.

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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