Research, Quality, Competitiveness - European Union Technology Policy for the Information Society (Electronic book text)

The book provides first an introduction to the history, founding principles, institutions, and activities of the EU as well as an overview of the 25 member States. It includes a detailed description of the EU research, innovation, and technology policies by emphasizing their common objectives of greater competitiveness and sustained (and sustainable) growth. It also includes an analysis of ---- EU policies that are more strictly linked with the research and innovation policies; that is, policies concerning the creation of an internal market, competitive policies, and economic and monetary policies. The text originated from courses taught at Georgia Technical Institute (US), the University of Bologna (Italy), and the University of Ferrara (Italy). An Appendix includes distance-learning materials and a rich CD-ROM includes extended readings and country-specific data