project deliverables

[December 2011] - D10.1: "Comprehensive research paper on Global Innovation Networks: challenges and opportunities for policy”
This report reflects upon the most relevant research findings of the INGINEUS project. It summarises the most relevant dynamics of GINs, their opportunitiesand challenges for the EU and other economies and their implications for the next 10-15 years. It further presents the policy-related institutional aspects that affect the features and development of GINs to derive specific innovation policy options for the EU, its member states and for latecomer countries.
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[December 2011] - D9.2: "Report summarising the implications per industry for EU countries and emerging economies"
This report consists of three synthesis reports on the automotive, ICT and agro-processing sectors respectively. It summarises the implications per industry for EU countries and emerging economies, based on the theoretical framework presented in D9.1 below and empirical investigations. It explains sector differences in barriers to international collaboration, and differences between North and South in the same sector with regards to type of barriers that are perceived.
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[December 2011] - D9.1: "A general theoretical framework on the effects of knowledge based off-shoring and networking, emphasising expected sectoral dynamics drawn from previous research"
This research paper presents general perspectives on the dynamics of FDI, GPN and GIN formation and how sectoral dividing lines and dynamics can inform innovation policy. It discusses theoretical key concepts developed to capture sectoral differences, the spatial context and the different dimensions of GIN formation. It brings these theoretical perspectives together and focuses on the organisational challenges of deep and broad GIN embedding.
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[December 2011] - D8.1: “The long-run impact of GINs in Northern countries”
These papers address the long-run effects of the offshoring of innovation for the EU economy. They comprise a theoretical model of outsourcing, innovation networks and growth; an assessment of whether offshored R&D activities by large EU MNC tend to be complementary to or to substitute those carried on at home; econometric investigations of the impacts of R&D offshoring on firms productivity, regions growth and labour market. 
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[June 2011] - D7.1: "Firm ownership and university-industry linkages in Brazil and South Africa; local–global linkages between higher education institutions, public labs and firms in ICT; role of IPRs in the anchorage of GINs in emerging economies”
This report focuses on a very specific subject of the innovation literature: how institutions matter for the formation of Global Innovation Networks. It is composed of three different research papers, two focusing on the institutional framework involving universities and firms - key building blocks of national systems of innovation – and one discussing intellectual property rights.
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[June 2011] - D6.2: "Synthesis paper on HRD policies and MNC subsidiaries”
This paper examines and compares education indicators for seven developed countries in Europe (Germany, Italy, Estonia, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and United Kingdom), and four developing countries (Brazil, India, China and South Africa). Tertiary education is the main focus of the report, although primary and secondary education systems are also taken into account. This report focuses on the four developing countries in particular; exploring the growth in human capital and the quality of the human capital output.
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[June 2011] - D6.1: "Fragmentation of GINs and capability building in the automotive, ICT and agro-processing industries"
This report presents the theoretical framework and empirical analysis of the role of human capital in the emergence and evolution of Global Innovation Networks (GINs). Specifically, it examines the relationship between strategies of both Northern and Southern firms and human capital in host countries, and the implications of this relationship both for the management of technological change and for the emergence and evolution of GINs.
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[June 2011] - D5.2: "The role of institutional frameworks in decisions of MNC’s to offshore innovation-related activities, and the relationship between fragmentation of productive and
knowledge activities"
This report presents the theoretical framework and empirical analysis on the relationship between fragmentation of productive and knowledge activities. The report provides an all-encompassing understanding of the MNE strategies on R&D offshoring by using several sets of new firm-level data. The data used in each of the three papers presented here has been developed by compiling information from various sources, in order to undertake a comprehensive analysis on several related aspects of R&D offshoring by MNEs.
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[June 2011] - D5.1: "Understanding strategies of R&D offshoring by Northern and Southern firms"
This paper aims to contribute to our understanding of the transition from global production networks (GPN) to global innovation networks (GIN). Specifically, it aims to provide an-depth understanding of the international R&D strategies of both EU and Southern MNEs. This is achieved by analysing the micro-level determinants of the strategy of MNEs to offshore outsourcing knowledge intensive activities and the role of institutional frameworks in this decision.
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[June 2011] - D4.1: "Patterns of knowledge accumulation, institutional frameworks and insertion in GINS in successful sub-national regions"
This paper explores the relationships between institutions, regional innovation systems and global innovation networks. The review of the literature suggests that institutionally thick regions are more prone to be involved in global innovation networks. Contrary to what we expected, GINs may emerge in regions which are neither institutionally too thick (like Tier 1) or too thin (like Tier 3). 
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[June 2011] - D2.2 : Complete standardised data set containing all the information collected in all countries
This deliverable includes the complete standardised data set resulting from the INGINEUS survey. It is composed of the following documents:

  • Executive summary: a summary of the work underpinning the administration of the survey and the elaboration of its results. ...read more
  • Methodology report: a document comprising a general survey background guide (i.e. samples’ characteristics, novelty of the data, background survey design, matching survey questions) and individual detailed country methodology reports. ...read more 
  • The complete data file: a comprehensive document including the raw data, the coded data and the procedure to change the coding, if needed. ...read more
    For an explanation of the coding procedure, please click here.
  • Italy – survey results: an excel file including the answers to some of the questions of the INGINEUS survey, other questions related to the project and tables summarising the main outputs. This survey was conducted on the automotive sector in Italy by the Turin Chamber of Commerce and has been provided subsequently. ...read more

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[June 2010] - D3.2: “National Innovation systems and global innovation networks”
National innovation systems (seen as networks of institutions that facilitate interactive learning) remain important for the development of global innovation networks. The completed report on the role of national innovation systems (NIS) on GINs reveals two different types of GINs, one centring on multinationals which coordinate R&D activities, production and marketing from one central location, and the other on smaller enterprises and research groups that interact in GINs. The NIS becomes important in that it sets the rules of the game for each node within the innovation network, and for the actors entering into a relationship.
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[June 2010] - D3.1: “Modelling global innovation networks using input-output analysis”
Global innovation networks (GINs) are essential for the creation, transfer and absorption of new knowledge and ultimately economic growth. They are generally created on top of an already existing global production networks (GPNs), which contains technology embodied in the goods and services provided by numerous up-stream suppliers located in several different industries and countries. The Input-output analysis describes the interdependencies in the national production system, and its interdependence in the global economy. It also provides a way to measure global technology flows at the industry level. 
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[September 2009] - D2.1: “Original tool kit”

The INGINEUS survey was administered from November 2009 to June 2010 in nine countries, namely, Brazil, China, Denmark, Germany, India, Italy, Norway, South Africa and Sweden. It was carried out in five languages (English, Portuguese, Danish, German and Italian) and addressed three sectors: ICT, automotive, and agro-processing.
Deliverable 2.1 is a tool kit for the design, launch and administration of the survey. It includes the interview protocol, the database design, the instructions elaborated for ensuring the greatest effort in conducting the survey, and much more. 
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