the provision or sale of assets and human resources and participation in shares in order to speed up and increase the number of spinoff companies at knowledge centres.
specialising in human resources, training, mentoring and accelerating, etc). It is vital to provide the greatest possible incentives for investment in new companies through financial instruments that reduce the risk to
the provision or sale of assets and human resources and participation in shares in order to speed up and increase the number of spinoff companies at knowledge centres.
specialising in human resources, training, mentoring and accelerating, etc). It is vital to provide the greatest possible incentives for investment in new companies through financial instruments that reduce the risk to
(and attracting human resources with a high level of competence); publications; national and international patents, etc..The key (academic and industrial) beneficiary areas include healthcare and medical sciences, eco-friendly solutions (such as energy efficiency), food production, information technology, etc.
if they had to purchase the given infrastructure and the necessary human resources, as it is often not possible either financially or physically.
However, considering the CERN commitment of the same community, it shall be assessed how the necessary human resources can be ensured for this purpose.
Research institutions, in particular their human resources management, need to be modernized. The gender dimension must be integrated in research and innovation content.
Supports Technology Transfer Strengthening by funding dedicated staff within the Universities to ensure that best use is made of research outputs with commercial potential. 23 Supports High Potential Start up Companies
Supports Technology Transfer Strengthening by funding dedicated staff within the Universities to ensure that best use is made of research outputs with commercial potential. 23 Supports High Potential Start up Companies
existing and planned technology infrastructures (broadband networks) and other telecom-and internet-related services are presented in the Digital Agenda Scoreboard. 21 Human resources:
staff exchanges Improved technical competencies of staff, increase effectiveness of in-house R&d Improved innovation performance,
number of enterprises having adopted a new technology, number of staff reporting new working behaviours, etc.
through staff secondments and temporary hosting of experienced researchers. The last calls for proposals under FP7 will be published in summer 2012.
for instance, stimulate the entrepreneurial spirit of their staff and students, provide advice and services to SMES,
research, education and can increase the attractiveness of regions in terms of human resources and investments. These positive impacts are highlighted in different EU policy documents and studies. 102 99 http://ec. europa. eu/enterprise/sectors/ict/files/communication key enabling technologies sec1257 en. pdf 100
See also the emphasis on the creative industries in the European Competitiveness Report 2010, Commission staff working document, COM (2010) 614.102 In particular in the 2010 Commission Communication'Regional policy contributing to smart growth':
and to improve the safty of the food staff. Finally, in the field of clothing and textiles, an interesting research theme is represented by intelligent materials,
there are a lot of elements to be taken into account, from historical and geographical context, to specific public policies (regarding human resources, taxation, industrial development etc.)
we made a meta-analysis of the research results regarding the level of economic development in the European union and the amount of gross R&d expenses as percentage of GDP and the dynamics of R&d human resources in Romania and in EU. Also, in order to better
We have argued in a recent study of ours that in the European union the share of R&d human resources in the total number of employees is correlated positively with the level of economic development (Lavric, 2013.
There is also another important aspect regarding the R&d human resources that consists in the fact that the retribution per employee increases more rapid than the economic development level
look much better than the simple extrapolation of the latest trends resulted from the analysis of the R&d human resources and gross expenditures.
as there is a growing diversity of human resources that are involved in constructing complex products. Therefore, the ability to build competitive and successful teams,
financial incentives for employees to develop new ideas, job rotation of staff, multidisciplinary or cross-functional work teams,
ACKNOWLEDGMENT This work was cofinanced from the European Social Fund through Sectoral Operational Programme Human resources Development 2007-2013
The dynamics of R&d human resources in Romania within the European context. Proceedings of the 7th International Management Conference"New Management for the New Economy",Bucharest, Romania.
WB staff calculations based on WDI data 27. During this period, the convergence process has trickled down at the regional level,
World bank staff calculations based on Eurostat data; Peer regions: aggregate peers as defined by ADR Vest PL 41,42, 43,51, 52;
World bank staff calculation based on SBS data 40. Additionally, the West Region presents the second highest incidence of gazelles over total number of firms.
World bank staff calculation based on SBS data Source: World bank staff calculation based on SBS data 41. The sectoral specialization of the gazelles is slightly different than the distribution of firms overall.
While Western firms in general are concentrated mainly in service activities such as wholesale trade (14), %retail trade (10),
World bank staff calculation based on SBS data 42. The contribution of startups to productivity growth in West Romania is higher than the contribution of startups to productivity growth in Romania as a whole.
World bank staff calculation based on SBS data Source: World bank staff calculation based on SBS data Figure 15:
TFP Growth Decomposition in Romania By Type of Firm And by Region: 2005-2010 Source:
World bank staff calculation based on SBS data The West Regions'export performance is very positive in overall terms 43.
World bank staff calculation based on SBS data Source: World bank staff calculation based on SBS data 44. Overall, the West Region export performance is very positive:
export growth is sustained (Figure 18), particularly since 2009 and is driven by the performance of firms located in Arad
World bank staff calculation based on SBS data Source: World bank staff calculation based on SBS data III. 2. Main challenges Fruits of economic growth were distributed not evenly across the region 45.
The fruits of economic growth and convergence with Europe were distributed not evenly across the region. Already substantial inequalities in economic and social outcomes were exacerbated sharply over the past decade.
World bank staff calculations based on data from Eurostat: Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices by NUTS 3 regions purchasing power standard per inhabitant nama r e3gdp 02468 10 12 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
World bank staff calculations based on data from Eurostat: Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices by NUTS 3 regions millions of Euro nama r e3gdp 46.
World bank staff calculations based on data from Institute of National Statistics; Monthly gross wages at NACE 2 48.
World bank staff calculation based on SBS data. 57. The auto industry is by far the biggest employer in the region among manufacturing sectors with an importance in terms of total employment that is similar (17%)to the combined share (16.8%)of employment represented by all the other manufacturing sectors
World bank staff calculation based on SBS data. Table 11. Out of Region Plant Size of Firms Headquartered in the West Region (2010) Size(#employees) Plants Percent 0-9 168 64.7 10-49 58 23.0 50
World bank staff calculation based on SBS data. 60. Sectorial, firm and geographical concentration may lead to high volatility of value added growth and sharp drop of per capita GDP during a crisis. By contrast,
World bank staff calculations based on INS data Source: World bank staff calculations based on INS data 62. Moreover, export growth over the period 2005-2011 has been very reliant on the intensive margin,
i e. 75%of export growth came from incumbent exporters going to markets they already served and with no innovation in terms of product range.
World bank staff calculations based on INS data 63. There is a shift in destination markets within the EU
World bank staff calculations based on INS data 60 70 80 90 100 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Bucuresti-Ilfov
World bank staff calculations based on INS data 64. Overall, West Region exports are concentrated in relatively low-skill, low-sophistication industries like footwear, textile, rubber, wood,
World bank staff calculations based on INS data Increasing integration with regional value chains, leading to low local value addition 65.
World bank staff elaboration based on INS customs level data 31 Taymaz, Erol, Ebru Voyvoda and Kamil Yýlmaz (2011.
World bank staff calculations based on INS data 68. While declining value added at sector level is a global trend
World bank staff simulations based on Eurostat and IMF data.**Note: the latest available data for R&d over GDP indicator for the West region is for 2010;
World bank staff simulations based on Eurostat and IMF data. 139. Building on the analysis conducted as part of this assessment,
Priority Axis 3 3. 1 Improving skills and competences required in labor market Correlate the investment priority with the Human resources Programme financed under European Social Fund
and stands out among the other regions of Romania as result of a high level of economic development, solid export growth rate, relatively skilled human resources, a large diversity of natural resources,
The center would be designed to attract motivated young scientists, 97 established scientists and qualified technical staff from West region and other regions of Romania.
At the same time it supposes the existence of broadband communication infrastructure as well as certain human resources experienced in new technologies,
33%Researchers Staff (number of people) 2007,3 0, 93%-Articles published in international and national journals 60 3, 35%-Application of national patents 34 2,
53,5 Staff using internet 42,7 43,8 Companies with website 66,6 67,0 Companies using digital signature 28,0 24,4 Employees who received ICT training 13,8 17,4 Net
actions related to human resources, support to I+D through funding and research infrastructures, support to technological transfer and diffusion of research and innovation.
Concerning human resources, the personnel employed in R&d activities in full-time equivalent (FTE) per thousands of working people in Castilla y León has evolved positively in the 2002-2012 period
with further decreases in the number of staff appointed to R&d, innovative companies, and a-general loss of excitement has occurred on part of regional players.
Generally specialized human resources in administrative management. Scientific specialisation has little relationship to regional economic specialisation;
Decapitalization of human resources in research entities and talent and brain drain. Decreased globalization of innovation and minimal participation in international funding sources.
Reduction of budget earmarked for R&d that leads to a reduction of public capacities for the support of structures, human resources,
linking innovation to strategy, visible leadership, incentives for innovation, appropriate risk management, training for staff, the creation of‘circuits for information'(information flows within and beyond the organisation),
support is provided for financial and human resources, and entrepreneurship-dedicated structures are in place such as chairs, centres and incubation facilities.
if needed, help round up teams of engineers and other key staff from other firms. Engineers and other key staff may shift as groups,
Examples of relevant policy approaches include creation of science parks and business incubators, encouraging mobility of staff between universities and industry,
Challenges and Key Issues for Future Actions, Commission Staff Working Document (2007) 1059, European commission DG Enterprise and Industry, Brussels. Galbraith, J. 1972), The New
technology surveys, R&d subcontracting and other partnerships, human resources for research, and patent application procedures. Since 2008, the tax principles have been simplified considerably in the sense that they are no longer based on R&d expense increases but on their level:
entrepreneurs can apply for staff expenses for up to three staff members and EUR 50 000 for materials and equipment.
the Small and Medium Business Administration (SMBA) operates numerous schemes that are targeted all at assisting SMES in the areas of entrepreneurship, human resources, financing, marketing and innovation.
Several measures have been introduced over the past few years for the development of human resources; these focus on improvement of research experts in the business sector.
Technology and Human resources for Industry Programme The Technology and Human resources for Industry Programme (THRIP) is managed by the National Research Foundation (NRF) on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.
Firms and the Technology and Human resources for Industry Programme invest jointly in research projects where project leaders are on the academic staff of South african higher education institutions.
to produce a flow of skilled human resources, to enhance educational experience, and to foster collaboration among industry, HEIS and science, engineering and technology institutions.
of skilled human resources in the key cluster industries and strong networks (Potter and Miranda, 2009.
formation of human resources; contribution to economic development. Industry Undertake industrial R&d. Monitor research results generated by others;
the planned exchange of staff (secondments, mutually agreed recruitment and training, etc. or joint projects (e g. with training providers and technology institutions.
Across OECD countries, employees of SMES participate in formal training activities to only half the extent that staff in large firms do (OECD, 2010b, forthcoming.
Management Skills for business planning, regulations and quality control, human resources planning (recruitment, training and skills development) and allocation of resources (e g. management of intellectual property, financial management, firm
either for students or for staff. Courses are offered often to students as optional complementary modules with no credits for their degrees.
start-ups by students and staff. Indeed entrepreneurship teaching can have a greater positive impact on the rate of new firm creation
Yet, it is the balance between a minimum long-term financing for staff costs and overheads and the openness to private sector involvement in the financing of entrepreneurship chairs and incubation facilities
4. Recruitment and career development of academic staff take into account entrepreneurial attitudes, behaviour and experience as well as entrepreneurship support activities.
Resources 1. A minimum long-term financing of staff costs and overheads for graduate entrepreneurship is agreed as part of the university's budget. 2. Self-sufficiency of university internal entrepreneurship support is a goal. 3
and staff involved in entrepreneurship start-up support is in place. Support infrastructure 1. An entrepreneurship-dedicated structure within the university (chair, department, support centre) is in place,
Start-up support 1. Entrepreneurship education activities and start-up support are integrated closely. 2. Team building is facilitated actively by university staff. 3. Access to private financing is facilitated through networking
and all have staff with responsibility for delivering enterprise in education. An annual reporting process ensures examples of good practice can be shared
encouragement and support for staff embarking on entrepreneurship teaching activities. Facilitate teaching activities for existing and former entrepreneurs.
Regional development, including capacity building for Business Support Providers (BSPS) and SME development agency staff.
and develop a welltrained staff. Partnerships have been built with The french government authorities and ministries such as the Department for the Elderly and Department of Sport.
some advanced skills on business management and human resources and some specific skills related to risk assessment and warranting,
The supply factors include human resources, knowledge and information, and funding. The demand factors include existing and potential demands/needs,
human resources) who share the same goal/interest with other users and communicate with them to exchange viable information that could serve as a seed to developing an innovative business proposal.
Figure 15 presents availability of human resources and intangible resource for every region. In a quick glance, the administrator can understand the resource spread across regions
and tended by specialized technical staff working in specially constructed and air conditioned centers, today computing equipment is to be found on the desktops and work areas of secretaries,
in section 1. 12 The Boskin Commission's findings have met with some criticism from BLS staff,
i e. small business owners, general managers or staff managing new business development activities. Distribution by Romanian counties No.
Areas affected by the change The areas highly affected by the change are represented by new products/services (55,31%)human resources (51,52%
to change was obtained negotiation with employees reluctant to change (21,5%Staff training (21,2), %Providing information needed for the adaptation of change (12,85%),Managers personal involvement in change management (18,8),
Assess the results of implementing change can be achieved easily by comparing staff to plan, analysing external and internal sources of information taking into account the social implications of changes completed;
1999 1 Acknowledgements This work was cofinanced from the European Social Fund through Sectoral Operational Programme Human resources Development 2007-2013,
support for R&d co-operation) FRAMEWORK CONDITIONS Financial/economic environment Human resources Legal/institutional environment Political context Social context AN ECOSYSTEM FOR INNOVATIVE SOCIAL
Knowledge-sharing, human resources, proximity to other company sites and market demand make countries attractive for R&d activities.
a1) market size (a2) market growth (a3) through public procurement (a4) via product market regulation, norms & standards (b) Human resources:(
Knowledge-sharing, human resources, proximity to other company sites and market demand make countries attractive for R&d activities.
Thisisunderstandablesinceradicalinnova-tions requiresubstantivecreativeeffort, whileintroducing productsthataresimilartothosealreadyexistingonthe market doesnotrequireasmuchoriginalinputfromfirm's own staff (i e. theworkcanbecompletedbyless-skilled employees. Itismoresurprisingthatproportionofhighly educated staffisnotasignificantpredictorinprocess innovation.
ACM Communications 52 (7), 66 75 (2009) 22 Evolving the Internet, Presentation to the OECD (March 2006), http://www. cs. ucl. ac. uk/staff
A custom Human Service Manager allocates the human resources. A customised SLA Manager manages the negotiation with the Government
and the formalization of the strategies for handling human resources during negotiation and adjustment. This is still an ongoing task that has required several interviews with the operators working at the service providers.
and core concepts to the case of human resources and human provided services. Further details on this use case are available at 9. 8 Conclusions Service level agreements are a crucial element to support the emerging Future Internet
effectiveness and coordination mechanisms of the firm to these in addition to concerns arising from the changes occurring in companies on human resources,
Finally, over one hundred members of staff powered fewer than 10 companies'innovation engines. In terms of number of employees, our sample is representative for the larger Hungarian and Romanian population of SMES (EC, 2014.
R&d capacity-building in infrastructure but also crucially in human resources and multidisciplinary approaches; maximising use of generated knowledge through university-business dialogue and deployment of knowledge in both technological and social innovation;
the same academic staff cannot do everything and do it well (teaching, research, regional development). Academic staff needs to have a coherent set of incentives for each of the three missions.
Several reflections were offered about how universities can deal with the three missions. One option could be to organise teams following the grand challenges (for instance,
Developing R&d human resources (e g. doctoral school programme, supporting researcher mobility top scientists, postdoctoral researches, full-and part-time studies of foreign Phd students, semester abroad
Improving and developing study programmes (new curricula and modules), teaching quality, training of teaching staff at university, e-education (e-courses, study aids etc..
Ideas can come from many sources-citizens, service users, communities, front line staff, other sectors or other countries.
and develop staff, and to access capital; too many contracts place excessive risk on providers,
Collaboration with users, front line staff and other stakeholders, and partnerships with organisations from the private, public and third sectors. 38 User Led design processes enable both potential end users and existing front line staff, among other specialists,
to be a driving force in the design of new services. Highly Iterative ideas are tested rapidly through prototyping.
and coached by Grameen Danone staff. There are roughly 500 women selling Shokti Doi in the Bogra District.
which means that it has access to national health services staff and premises. One of the other innovative aspects is that those who work for a Koispe may earn a wage without losing their benefit payments.
It was established to provide a creative environment for a wide range of staff to work together on some of the most pressing social challenges facing the local authority.
(or redesign if they are amending an existing service) involves users, front-line staff, and stakeholders such as senior managers or elected councillors, in setting out what is required from a service
identifying entrepreneurial talent, scouting for good ideas, engaging with staff in the National Health Service (NHS) and local authority as well as the third sector to support social innovation and nurture a pro-innovation culture.
Too often, the talent, experience and appetite for working better amongst staff is mined not sufficiently, valued or developed.
skills and values of NHS staff and local enterprises are harnessed and channelled towards delivering sustainable solutions to address health and social care needs.
and develop staff, and to access capital; too many contracts place excessive risk on providers,
and develop staff, and to access capital; too many contracts place excessive risk on providers,
likely because staff have to be skilled multi to perform a variety of functions. Skills gaps within specialist skill sets-strategic use of IT,
Having under-skilled staff has a detrimental impact on organisations-often leading to an increase in the workload of other employees-and many employers,
means that strategic intentions cannot be realised fully. cxxxiii A survey of countries in the Western Balkans reports that finding well-qualified staff for long-term employment poses a key challenge in the NGO sector.
a scenario where many NGOS cannot afford to pay their staff regularly and do not register them to avoid paying taxes,
resulting in little chance to develop staff capacity and skills for sustainability; a tendency to hire staff on an ad hoc project basis,
resulting in high turnover rates. All of these factors are compounded by a weak culture of volunteering, which makes long term sustainability a challenge for the sector,
risks, management risks, staff benefits) 4. Cost effectiveness (cost savings, scalability, wider economic gains) The tool also makes explicit the strength of the knowledge base underpinning the assessments.
one which specifically focuses on social innovation both for front line staff and practitioners, and those involved in social innovation from businesses, the public sector and the grant economy.
and have been transferred with remarkable results to the medical treatment of patients in the US. 8 17) Feedback systems from front line staff and users to senior managers and staff.
This could include front line service research to tap into the expertise of practitioners and front line staff
Ideas come from many sources, e g. citizens, service users, communities, front line staff, other sectors, or other countries.
The wing is now a permanent section of the clinic where staff and doctors can develop and prototype new processes for improving service delivery.
while allowing greater freedom of movement and freeing up financial and staff resources. The idea is to then refocus the prison day
which aims to generate new ideas from frontline staff through quality circles. These are usually based on the idea that frontline staff have better knowledge about potential innovations than PROPOSALS AND IDEAS 33 A Theatre of the Oppressed workshop in Philadelphia, USA, with Augusto Boal as the facilitator in the middle.
'called for a system of management that was based on collaboration between management and staff what he called, a system of‘profound knowledge'.
such as the World bank's Development Marketplace which seeks ideas from development practitioners and their own staff,
Allowing staff in an organisation to vote on which ideas and projects should receive early stage funding.
but to do so it involves those with some measure of private interests finance, staff, suppliers, and purchasers.
and the staff who carry them out. Yet the success of a social venture depends on an integration of the two.
Large commercial organisations have moved away from hierarchical organisations to models where there are relatively autonomous groups of front line staff, supported by the technical staff, and management.
and discipline to front line staff formerly supplied by hierarchical managers. The manager's task in this case is to assess variances in performance
and the relationships between a venture and its staff and volunteers. Conventional accounting takes little account of this intangible capital,
and with its own staff, board and volunteers. With many of them there will be formal agreements,
'Investing in human resources to ensure a social venture's openness is as important as investing in a building or machine.
as well as see the work of the employees and staff. It is always a useful exercise for a venture 4 76 THE OPEN BOOK OF SOCIAL INNOVATION to consider how it could best present its work
Developing its staff is important, not only for the venture itself, but to create a group of individuals able to put the ideas into practice more widely.
what is considered equitable with respect to all staff, volunteers, and the venture's beneficiaries. 144) Valuing the voluntary.
and decides what he/she needs in terms of staff and equipment. The parent company supports the new company until it is financially sustainable only then can the old and new companies compete against each other.
or growing an organisation's innovative capacity by investing in the professional development of staff.
and employing some 1. 5 million staff. It is involved already heavily in innovation through investment in research and development on pharmaceuticals and medical instruments
The model is based on the premise that organisations often underestimate the potential value of innovations being developed by their own staff.
employing 90 staff plus another 60 in the summer months. It runs residential and day courses and is generally an animator of new environmental technology. 299) Innovation accelerators bring people together to quicken the initial stages of innovation.
should be part of personal development plans. 319) Circuits of information from users to front line staff and senior managers.
But there are also many tools for encouraging staff to innovate, from managers to front line workers. 323)‘ Top slicing'departmental budgets for innovation, for example,
human resources and IT consulting services. 417) Philanthropic‘ebays'.'Philanthropic platforms such as Volunteermatch which help people find volunteering opportunities in their local area. 418) Donor platforms, such as Globalgiving, Altruistiq Exchange, Network For good, Firstgiving and Guidestar.
while exposing members of staff to new working cultures and experiences. Legislation and Regulation Grant-based organisations operate within a set of laws and regulations
We now have over 60 staff, working on over 40 ventures at any one time, with staff in New york and Paris as well as London and Birmingham in the UK.
This book is about the many ways in which people are creating new and more effective answers to the biggest challenges of our times:
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