2002 | Format: PDF | Category: Innovation
The purpose of this baseline survey is to more precisely define the current status of commercialisation staff, skills, budget and other supports within relevant institutions across the island of Ireland. The paper is designed to inform debate on crucial commercialization issues.
2000 | Format: PDF | Category: Innovation
This paper outlines a number of broad proposals regarding North/South activities in Higher Education and Industry Cooperation. The objective of this research was to assist in the identification of specific areas of action to improve competitiveness through collaboration. The main recommendations resulting from the research are: 1) cross-border joint research, 2) research commercialisation and 3) skills development.
2009 | Format: PDF | Category: Innovation
This report examines the strengths and weaknesses of the design sector and makes recommendations about how to build on those strengths in order to stimulate one small but important part of the economy that can create added-value to the economy as a whole.
2008 | Format: PDF | Category: Innovation
This report presents, for the first time, a picture of a ‘knowledge island’ that is rich and diverse with a strong degree of complementarity between North and South. It also assesses the relationships between Research and Technological Development centres. The report concludes that collaborative activity on a cross-border basis is lower than what could be expected.
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2006 | Format: PDF | Category: Innovation
The report makes a number of recommendations as to how the universities on the island, North and South, might work together to strengthen and extend the capability of technology transfer services in the third level sector. The study looks at the potential for collaborative activity in the area of Intellectual Property (IP) management and technology transfer by the universities on the island of Ireland.
2005 | Format: PDF | Category: Innovation
The focus of this report is to propose a vision for a knowledge-based economy which would place the island of Ireland in the forefront of the most advanced economies by 2020. This report seeks to indicate the trends in demand for people with engineering and information technology (IT) qualifications which will allow the target of reaching a ranking for the economy of the island in the Top 5 countries in the world to be achieved. This target is the benchmark against which the supply needs for engineers and IT specialists is assessed.
2005 | Format: PDF | Category: Innovation
The focus of this report is to propose a vision for a knowledge-based economy which would place the island of Ireland in the forefront of the most advanced economies by 2020. This report seeks to indicate the trends in demand for people with engineering and information technology (IT) qualifications which will allow the target of reaching a ranking for the economy of the island in the Top 5 countries in the world to be achieved. This target is the benchmark against which the supply needs for engineers and IT specialists is assessed.
2003 | Format: PDF | Category: Innovation
This report quantifies the numbers, the scale and a selection of other characteristics for the private biotechnology sector companies on the island of Ireland. It also examines their current collaborative contacts and their interest in developing greater collaborative linkages. The study involved the identification of the stock of ‘modern biotechnology’ companies on the island, i.e. those companies who predominantely employ the tools of modern biotechnology to provide products and services.