The paper deals with the evaluation and financing of research and innovation projects. The paper analyzes and discussesthe “Technological Vouchers and Cooperative Research” program in the Calabria Region (Southern Italy), as a program forfinancing R&D projects in a geographical area far behind in development. Three real cases of R&D projects are described.The program was effective as regards the stimulus to realizing R&D activities by Calabrian SMEs and furthermore inrelation to the improvement of cooperation between SMEs, research centers, universities and technological laboratories.The weak points of the program mainly regard the evaluation phase that made it impossible to get a feedback useful forpolicy and for driving future agenda.
Financing R&D Projects in Southern Italy: The “Technological Vouchers and Cooperative Research” Program
IAZZOLINO, Gianpaolo
2013-01-01
Abstract
The paper deals with the evaluation and financing of research and innovation projects. The paper analyzes and discussesthe “Technological Vouchers and Cooperative Research” program in the Calabria Region (Southern Italy), as a program forfinancing R&D projects in a geographical area far behind in development. Three real cases of R&D projects are described.The program was effective as regards the stimulus to realizing R&D activities by Calabrian SMEs and furthermore inrelation to the improvement of cooperation between SMEs, research centers, universities and technological laboratories.The weak points of the program mainly regard the evaluation phase that made it impossible to get a feedback useful forpolicy and for driving future agenda.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
