RIP 2008-2013 vajadus- ja teostatavusuuringute lõpparuanne Riigihange 034118 „Riikliku Integratsiooniprogrammi 2008-2013 väljatöötamine” PRAXIS, TARTU ÜLIKOOL, BALTI UURINGUTE INSTITUUT, HILL&KNOWLTON, GEOMEDIA Download   RIP 2008-2013 vajadus- ja teostatavusuuringute valdkonnad on määratletud kooskõlas integratsioonistra...

Globalization leads to greater challenges for Research and Technology Development (RTD) policies and for the competitiveness of technology oriented SMEs. However, regional innovation policy-making is in need of innovation itself: It has to be more dynamic and adaptive. This can be reached by integrating RTD issues more coherently into str...

  Technology-Intensive FDI and Economic Development in A Small Country – The Case of Estonia Marek Tiits (2007) Download   Abstract. This article reviews the role of foreign direct investment in industrialisation of various catching-up economies and draws based on this lessons for policy-making in small countries. The author states th...

Policy Recommendations Innovation Financing in the European Medical Device Sector INJECTION (2007) Download   Introduction The Policy Recommendations document outlines the knowledge obtained by the InJection network on innovation financing for the medical device industry and provide recommendations for potential actions, which can be imple...

Comprehensive Regional Innovation Policy Impact Assessment scheme EURO-COOP (Regional Innovation Policy Impact Assessment and Benchmarking Process: Cooperation for Sustainable Regional Innovation), 2007 Download   OVERVIEW This deliverable sets out the final scope and method of the ‘Regional Innovation Policy Impact Assessment’ method ...

Synthesis report on Biotech National and EU Policies AFIBIO Network (Access to Finance in The Biotechnology Sector), 2007 Download   The approach This review was prepared by the Institute of Baltic Studies (IBS) in the framework of the AFIBIO project based on various national policy documents on biotech funding identified by the members o...

The Nation of Merchants Marek Tiits (editor) This book is currently available only in Estonian.  English version is forthcoming in 2008. Estonian version: Kaupmeeste riik Introduction Favourable geographic location in the neighbourhood of Nordic countries, radical reforms of the early 1990s, relatively low produc...

Intra-Industry trade in the Baltic Sea region Working Paper 2/2006 Marek Tiits, Juhan Jüriado (2006) Download   Executive summary The purpose of this paper is to analyse economic integration in the Baltic Sea Region as it has emerged from mid-1990s. More importantly, we seek to assess the quality of integration as conferred by the d...

Overview of the Biotech–Health Sector in Europe Project: AFIBIO (Access to Finance in the Biotech Sector) Workpackage 1 – Identification and analysis of the biotech sector specificities relevant to access to finance (2006) Download   Introduction The Workpackage 1 aims at a better and common understanding of biotech-health sector s...

Globalization of R&D and Developing Countries Proceedings of the Expert Meeting, Geneva, 24-26 January 2005 Download

Industrial and trade dynamics in the Baltic Sea region – the last two waves of European Union enlargement from a historic perspective Working Paper 1/2006 Marek Tiits (2006) Download   Executive summary The aim of this paper is to review the dynamics of economic development in the Baltic Sea region surrounding the last two waves of Europ...

Made in Estonia by Marek Tiits, Rainer Kattel and Tarmo Kalvet ISBN: 9985965809 (paperback), 9985965825 (PDF) Electronic PDF version: Made in Estonia (1,5 MB) Order Made in Estonia from Amazon.co.uk! The book is also available in Estonian version. Introduction The 1990s have cetainly been very progressive for Eston...

This project was approved in the FP6-2004-KNOW-REG-2 call for proposals of the 6th Framework Programme. The specific programme covered was "Integrating and Strengthening the European Research Area" and the activity areas included were "Coherent development of research and innovation policies". The project will perform the comparative analysis ...

'Networking INnovation actors in the medical device sector' 8.6% of GDP in Europe is spent on health, of which 6.4% is for medical technology. Although this expenditure delivers an exceptional return on investment, there is a need for continual innovation. Increasing patient treatment and operating costs mean that the commercial prospe...

Commercialisation of first-class research and the development of the European Biotech Healthcare sector are problematic especially in terms of unmet financial needs and poor cooperation between sector actors. The lack of early-stage risk capital severely hampers the formation of innovative start-up companies: Europe's start-ups need new forms...

Competitiveness and Future Outlooks of the Estonian Economy R&D and Innovation Policy Review Marek Tiits, Rainer Kattel, Tarmo Kalvet, Rein Kaarli (2003) Download   Foreword In the last few years lively discussions have been held in Estonia about what the country’s hitherto economic growth has rested on and how to speed it up in or...

Building upon achievements of previous initiatives such as FOREN, FOMOFO, IOFCO, C+ and The Baltic STRING project, eFORESEE will conduct 6 new pilot foresight exercises in domains that have not been already covered, with a focus on the challenge of integrating accession countries into policy making processes of the European Union, both ...

The promotion of regional and social cohesion as well as of environmental protection and sustainability are among the most important Community objectives. Project REGIONET will contribute knowledge that helps to better integrate environmental issues in regional development plans and management (also now needed for Structural Fund...