DSpace Collection:http://hdl.handle.net/10174/6902024-03-29T10:27:24Z2024-03-29T10:27:24ZSmart Specialisation Strategies and Regional Productivity. A preliminary assessment in PortugalMarques Santos, AnabelaEdwards, JohnNeto, Paulohttp://hdl.handle.net/10174/334832023-01-16T16:25:56Z2021-01-01T00:00:00ZTitle: Smart Specialisation Strategies and Regional Productivity. A preliminary assessment in Portugal
Authors: Marques Santos, Anabela; Edwards, John; Neto, Paulo
Abstract: Smart Specialisation is a place-based approach to innovation policy that underpins a significant amount of EU funding. The origins of the concept lie in the transatlantic productivity gap and a concern that previous
investments in Research and Innovation (R&I) had failed to deliver commercial benefits. Following more than five years of implementation, this report contributes to the evaluation of the smart specialisation approach
through quantitative analysis. As part of the Stairway to Excellence project, it is one of the first to assess its impact on regional productivity, based on the case of Portugal. This is done using the country’s main instrument to support corporate Research and Development (R&D) that was launched in 2007 and adapted to accommodate smart specialisation in 2014.
An analysis of project characteristics reveals that during the programming period 2014-2020, financial support to corporate R&D investment aligned with S3 priorities has been more concentrated on cooperation between regions and sectors. A higher diversification of R&D and Innovation funds across sectors, regions and
beneficiaries, in comparison with 2007-2013, is also observed. As more cooperation and diversification are two important features of smart specialisation, these findings suggest improved investment choices in the programming period 2014-2020. Furthermore, after controlling for the existence of potential geographical spillover effects by applying a spatial econometric analysis, the results display a positive effect on regional
productivity from the R&D and Innovation subsidies over the last two programming periods. Furthermore, a higher rate of return of RDI subsidy in the second period is also observed, which suggests that smart specialisation was able to generate an additional effect in comparison with a situation without this place-based policy. Nevertheless, we also found that – in the case of Portugal - smart specialisation has only been able to generate this additional effect in regional productivity when the R&D funding instrument is combined with other types of innovation subsidies. This finding provides additional weight to the argument for broader and more integrated smart specialization policy mixes in the new programming period.2021-01-01T00:00:00ZPower and governance in times of the pandemic: The European Vaccines strategy and the role of the CommissionBalla, Evanthiahttp://hdl.handle.net/10174/327782022-11-17T17:19:23Z2022-01-01T00:00:00ZTitle: Power and governance in times of the pandemic: The European Vaccines strategy and the role of the Commission
Authors: Balla, Evanthia
Editors: Rocha-Cunha, Silvério; Del Villar, América; Balla, Evanthia; Manso, Maria; Vasquez, Rafael
Abstract: The European Union (EU) is once again at the epicentre of a new challenge: a global health crisis, whose duration, scale and impact on European integration are still unknown. Indeed, although the Union has managed to go forward with some political and institutional solutions to the pandemic based on solidarity and unity, the EU´s fragilities as a regional and global player have once again been exposed.
Notwithstanding the substantive literature available on the EU’s actual response to the pandemic, little attention has been paid to the political and normative constraints that have shaped the Union’s reactions to the crisis. On this basis, the current study assesses to what extent has the European Union had the authority to manage the pandemic, and to what degree has there been any change in its supranational model of governance, especially in the role of the European Commission in shaping policy outcomes.
The answers to the first question require an analysis and assessment of the EU’s competences in the health field and which have determined the European response to the pandemic, mainly in legal and institutional terms. In order to answer the second question, the work draws on the theoretical discussion on European governance under crisis. With the goal of testing the strength of the EU’s supranational model of governance, the present analysis reviews empirical evidence regarding the political role of the Commission in the Union’s most pre-eminent health endeavours - the European common vaccination plan.
The chapter argues that the current European modus operandi determined the actual response of the EU to the pandemic. The Union’s governing model has been duly adapted rather than fundamentally reformed. Nonetheless, the Commission’s political role and leading ambition in coordinating common responses and drive policy agendas have been elevated.2022-01-01T00:00:00ZPolítica e Pandemias. Olhares Políticos Disciplinares Sobre os Dilemas da Cidade TerrestreBalla, Evanthiahttp://hdl.handle.net/10174/327732022-11-17T17:12:52Z2022-01-01T00:00:00ZTitle: Política e Pandemias. Olhares Políticos Disciplinares Sobre os Dilemas da Cidade Terrestre
Authors: Balla, Evanthia
Editors: Rocha-Cunha, Silvério; Balla, Evanthia; América, Del Villar; Manso, Maria de Deus; Vasquez, Rafael
Abstract: Política e Pandemias. Olhares Políticos Disciplinares Sobre os Dilemas da Cidade Terrestre2022-01-01T00:00:00ZNos idos de março de 2020: lutar contra a doença, vencer o desespero, pensar a SaúdeCurado, ManuelVaz Rodrigues, JoãoPereira, André Diashttp://hdl.handle.net/10174/326252022-10-19T16:20:14Z2020-03-01T00:00:00ZTitle: Nos idos de março de 2020: lutar contra a doença, vencer o desespero, pensar a Saúde
Authors: Curado, Manuel; Vaz Rodrigues, João; Pereira, André Dias
Editors: Delduque, Maria Célia; Campos Alves, Sandra Mara; Cruz, Glaucia
Abstract: O ano de 2020 começa com uma pandemia global que está a abalar muitas certezas. Superficialmente, parece que é um evento que se limita a continuar a longa série de descrições da guerra milenar da humanidade contra a doença e a morte.2020-03-01T00:00:00Z