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Welcome to the Industrial Research and Innovation website of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC).

This site offers economic and financial analyses which aim to improve the understanding of corporate R&D and innovation for the competitiveness and economic growth of the European Union and to identify medium and long-term policy implications.

It presents the main results of research activity at the JRC's Institute of Prospective Technological Studies, mostly undertaken in collaboration with Directorate-General Research (more information in About us)

The results of the analytical work provided here is performed with a particular European focus but also at firm, sector, country, international levels and it is based on both original data and publicly available information. The activities rely on the collaboration with business associations, academia and international organisations.

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IPTS Working Papers on Corporate R&D and Innovation focus on economic and policy questions related to industrial research and innovation. These are scientific papers or policy relevant notes typically issued at a certain phase of their development. The working papers are considered works in progress and are subject to revision.		These are results of studies conducted mainly in-house by the JRC-IPTS's IRI team which lead to the publication of Reports. The reports that are provided in this site focus on scientific and technical issues related to industrial research and innovation which have an actual or potential impact on EU policymaking.
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The Industrial Research & Innovation website is the result of a close co-operation between the Joint Research Centre (JRC) and Research(DG-RTD) Directorates-General of the European Commission.