STRUCTURAL FUNDS AND BUIILDING KNOWLEDGE-BASE ECONOMY IN SLOVAKIA: EXPERIENCE, MAJOR CHALLENGES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR INNOVATION POLICIES

• Authors: Baláž Vladimír
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper analyses impacts of the Structural Funds implementation on fostering Research Technological Development Innovation (RTDI) in Slovakia. It explores absorption of the RTDI investments from the the Structural Funds in different types of Slovak regions and analyses it via in-depth interviews with the experts on RTDI policies and professionals involved in implementation of the Structural Funds in Slovakia. Concluding section summarises findings from the statistical data and interviews, and discusses policy options for implementation of the Structural Funds in planning period of 2007 - 2013.

Keywords

EN

INNOVATION POLICY; KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY; STRUCTURAL FUNDS

Discipline

• ECONOMICS: ECONOMICS

• Publisher: Institute of Slovak and World Economics and Institute for Forecasting, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Ekonomický časopis (Journal of Economics)
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 54
• Issue: 8
• Pages: 755-770
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Baláž Vladimír

• V. Balaz, Ekonomicky ustav SAV, Sancova 56, 811 05 Bratislava 1, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07SKAAAA02074413