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RIO Country Report 2016: Italy
(2017)
Abstract
This report offers an analysis of the R&I system in Italy for 2016, including relevant policies and funding, with a particular focus on topics of critical importance for EU policies The report identifies the main challenges of the Italian[LC1] research and innovation system and assesses the policy responses implemented. It was prepared according to a set of guidelines for collecting and analysing a range of materials, including policy documents, statistics, evaluation reports, websites, etc. The quantitative data are, whenever possible, comparable across all EU Member State reports. Unless specifically referenced all data used in this report are based on Eurostat statistics available in January 2017. In Italy total R&D in 2015 was €21,892m, 1.33% of GDP. The share of business performed R&D (BERD) in GDP was 0.74%, that of universities 0.38%, that of government – mainly public research organisations - 0.18%, that of non profit institutions 0.04%. In terms of funding, 2014 R&D funded from abroad accounted for 0.13% of GDP, of which 0.04% came from EC sources
Keywords
- R&D Innovation Policy Italy
Disciplines
Publication Date
2017
Publisher
European Commission JRC
Citation Information
Leopoldo Nascia, Mario Pianta and Lorenzo Isella. RIO Country Report 2016: Italy. Brussels(2017) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/mario_pianta/147/