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European Institute of Interdisciplinary Research - Think Tank
http://www.eiir.org/
EIIR’s unique structure provides both the ability to conduct high-quality, independent research and the capacity to interact effectively with its stakeholders and partners.
EIIR has been established as a non-profit association under French law (Loi du 1er juillet 1901). Its Board of Advisors consists of individuals with backgrounds in government, business, academia and civil society.
EIIR's funding is exclusively project-driven and composed of research projects funded by private corporations, national and regional governments and international bodies such as the European Commission, the United-Nations or the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), such a diversified funding base being a key principle to ensure EIIR’s independence.
EIIR's roots can be traced back to INSEAD, where its founder Dr. Takis Damaskopoulos conducted academic research at eLab, the INSEAD’s centre of excellence in knowledge for management in the digital economy.
EIIR is a European Think Tank created as a French non-profit association (association loi 1901) on the 23th of June 2003, by a publication at Le Journal Officiel de la République Française endorsing its statute on the 2nd of August 2003. Since its creation, EIIR has been involved in several research engagements in areas ranging from organisational and technological domains to policy or regulatory dimensions for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the European Commission, the regional government of Umbria (Italy), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Center for Economic Research of Uzbekistan to name but a few.
EIIR’s staff are regularly invited to participate in meetings and workshops and to present their works at prestigious international fora and symposia that bring together recognised researchers and practitioners. EIIR’s research outputs are widely disseminated through both in-house reports and publications in leading academic and professional journals. The latest EIIR’s research paper Toward a Network Topology of Enterprise Transformation and Innovation has been recently published by the MIT Press.
EIIR’s unique structure provides both the ability to conduct high-quality, independent research and the capacity to interact effectively with its stakeholders and partners.
EIIR has been established as a non-profit association under French law (Loi du 1er juillet 1901). Its Board of Advisors consists of individuals with backgrounds in government, business, academia and civil society.
EIIR's funding is exclusively project-driven and composed of research projects funded by private corporations, national and regional governments and international bodies such as the European Commission, the United-Nations or the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), such a diversified funding base being a key principle to ensure EIIR’s independence.
Projects
Constructing a Cross-Regional 'Innovation Corridor' between Umbria (Italy) and Lithuania
Synopsis
The ‘Constructing a Cross-Regional ‘Innovation Corridor’ between Umbria and Lithuania’ project aims to improve the performance of small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) located in the regional economies of Umbria and the ‘Vilnius and Kaunas Dipolis’ through the identification and promotion of complementary competencies and capacity for cross-regional collaborative business ventures, as well as through the aggregation of capacity for entering procurement contracts of public or private organizations.
Read more...
Specialisation, Regional Clusters and Competitiveness - Regional Competitiveness Strategies
Funding: Nutek
Synopsis
The Specialisation and Regional Cluster project being undertaken by the OECD in co-operation with NUTEK (the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth), and EIIR is designed to increase understanding about how the competitive advantages of regions in different sectors and industries contribute to the overall economic performance of those regions, whether public policy should be trying to support or develop such specialisations and, if so, how.
Read more...
EFFORT - Governance, Policies and Legal Conditions for Access to Market through Extended and Dynamic Clustering of SMEs
http://www.effortproject.eu
Funding: European Commission (IST-2005-035088)
Synopsis
The objective of EFFORT is to gain understanding of the behaviour, governance, sustainability and constituency drivers of dynamic cross-border and cross-regional clusters of SMEs to improve their ability to access the global market by facilitating collaborative production of services and products, as well as by responding to procurement contracts of public or private organizations.
Read more...
GUIDE - Government User Identity for Europe
http://www.guide-project.org
Funding: European Commission (IST-1-507498.IP)
Synopsis
GUIDE is a European Commission funded Integrated Project that is pursuing research, technological development, and implementation with the aim of creating an architecture that will enable open and interoperable eGovernment electronic identity services in the EU. The project brings together 23 organisations from 13 member states of the EU. The project’s approach is interdisciplinary and involves technological, policy, legal, and process research and implementation in the context of the institutional, political, and legislative diversity that marks the EU.
Read more...
International Analysis of Regional Incubation Systems: Implications for the Government of Umbria
Funding: Umbria Innovazione
Synopsis
The main objective of the research is to analyze leading international practices in the field of incubation and acceleration to identify international best practices, the key actors, organisational and management models, financial and marketing models and strategic positioning that underpin successful incubation and acceleration systems in order to identify the conditions for setting up an incubator in alignment with the developmental requirements of the region of Umbria, Italy.
Read more...
Uzbekistan: Passages toward the Knowledge-Based Economy, Master Plan for the Transition
Funding: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Synopsis
The main objective of the research is to explore and analyze the current organizational, institutional, and regulatory conditions that structure the economy of the country and develop a set of policy recommendations to allow the Government of Uzbekistan better target its policies for the transition. It is expected that the results of the research will assist the Government to identify policy patterns, targets, approaches, and instruments for the support of the transition to the knowledge-based economy and the knowledge society more generally.
Read more...
References
European Commission
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Umbria Innovazione (Italy)
Regional Government of Umbria (Italy)
Center for Economic Research of Uzbekistan
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Sevices Areas of Intervention
EIIR Business Advisory interdisciplinary experts are committed to the highest professional standards and strive to provide a comprehensive array of management consulting services in three distinctive areas:
Firm Competitiveness and Growth
* Competitive Strategy
Gaining competitive advantages through a distinctive way a company can compete in a particular business that exploits profitable differences from the competition
* Location, Internationalization and Global Strategy
Developing competitive advantages through a global strategy that spreads company’s activities in multiple international locations to harness their locational advantages
* Innovation Capability
Enhancing company’s performance and growth of productivity through radical and incremental changes to products, processes, services and ways of managing to master and maintain holistic value-creating dynamics
* Technology Strategy
Improving company’s competitiveness through the use of information technologies that support the organisation's overall business strategy and plans
Economic Development and Competitiveness Building Strategies
* National Competitiveness
Building nation’s competitiveness through the development of national macroeconomic policies and institutional, political, and regulatory frameworks that shape the level of productivity with which a country can produce goods and services
* Cluster Development
Increasing the quality of the microeconomic environment through geographic concentrations of interconnected companies, specialised suppliers, service providers, and associated institutions in a particular field that are supported by the economic, business and institutional infrastructure of a nation or region
* States, Regions and Cities Competitiveness
Building states, regions and cities competitiveness through the development of regional or local macroeconomic policies and strategies that condition the quantity and quality of specialised skills, the economic, business and institutional infrastructure, the availability of technology, and the presence of clusters
* Cross-National Regions Strategy
Enhancing nation’s competitiveness and economic development through the coordination of macroeconomic policies and strategies across national regions among neighbouring countries
* Innovation Capacity
Developing nation’s competitiveness through innovation capacity building programs that strengthen the macroeconomic environment in areas such as the intensity of scientists and engineers in the workforce, the degree of protection of intellectual property or the sophistication and productivity of clusters, and foster more effective ways for governments, industry and academia to work together
Public Governance, Institutions and Economic Development
* Private Sector Development
Supporting nation’s economic development through government policies for market economy reforms that foster private sector led growth and financial market development
* Public-Private Partnerships
Improving nation’s public governance through the cooperation with the private sector on the way public services or public infrastructure are produced and delivered, and that results in a mutual beneficial partnering frameworks
* E-Government
Increasing public administration effectiveness in the provision of public services to citizens and businesses through the development of the institutional, policy and legal frameworks as well as the use of information and communication technologies solutions for implementing e-Government
* Regulatory Management and Public Administration Reform
Enhancing state modernisation through the implementation of high quality regulatory programmes and the adoption of administrative simplification procedures that facilitate trade, investment, innovation and entrepreneurship
* Program Design and Evaluation
Improving national policies and support to research, development and innovation investment through the design and evaluation of state aid framework and sector-specific structural funds to build competitive advantages
If you are interested in retaining our services or have any enquiry concerning our consulting expertise, please contact us through our Business Advisory Enquiry Form.
Industries
EIIR Business Advisory provides management consulting services to international institutions, multi*national corporations, SMEs, non-profits and governments. We offer practical advices in a wide range of industries, including:
* Aerospace & Defense
* Consumer Products
* Energy & Utilities
* Financial Services
* Healthcare & Life Sciences
* Industrial Manufacturing
* Nonprofit & Public Sector
* Telecommunications & Media
Drawing on our intellectual capital, the outputs of our research, the expertise of our interdisciplinary team and our unique blend of skills, we provide our clients with actionable solutions and recommendations with total integrity and independence.
We recognise and respect the business confidentiality and privacy expectations of each of our clients and, as such, choose not to list specific client names and details. We are, however, happy to share client references upon request.
Methodology
EIIR Business Advisory has developed a set of proprietary methodologies and tools to implement best-practices solutions based on the outputs of its research and practical experience in helping organisations to achieve tangible results in an efficient and cost-effective way.
Regional Competitiveness Strategy MapTM
A best-of-breed implementation strategy that provides an intuitive visualisation of business activities and economic domain in an integrated, cross-regional view targeted to regional governments wishing to develop a competitiveness-based approach that covers every aspect of a firm and the regional economic base.
Cluster Management Framework
A holistic, multidimensional and integrated approach of the key components required to develop and manage a world class industrial cluster supported by the economic, business and institutional infrastructure of a region.
Strategic Policy Matrix
A high-level, three-dimensional and multi-layered framework that outlines specific actionable policy areas and provides governments with a work breakdown structure to formulate and implement strategies for transition towards the knowledge-based economy.
e-Government AnalyticsTM
An activity-based analytical framework that provides a comprehensive assessment of governments’ national policies, strategies and programmes on e-Government along with a strategic framework of action in each of the policy, legal, regulatory and technological dimensions.
http://www.eiir.org/
EIIR’s unique structure provides both the ability to conduct high-quality, independent research and the capacity to interact effectively with its stakeholders and partners.
EIIR has been established as a non-profit association under French law (Loi du 1er juillet 1901). Its Board of Advisors consists of individuals with backgrounds in government, business, academia and civil society.
EIIR's funding is exclusively project-driven and composed of research projects funded by private corporations, national and regional governments and international bodies such as the European Commission, the United-Nations or the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), such a diversified funding base being a key principle to ensure EIIR’s independence.
EIIR's roots can be traced back to INSEAD, where its founder Dr. Takis Damaskopoulos conducted academic research at eLab, the INSEAD’s centre of excellence in knowledge for management in the digital economy.
EIIR is a European Think Tank created as a French non-profit association (association loi 1901) on the 23th of June 2003, by a publication at Le Journal Officiel de la République Française endorsing its statute on the 2nd of August 2003. Since its creation, EIIR has been involved in several research engagements in areas ranging from organisational and technological domains to policy or regulatory dimensions for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the European Commission, the regional government of Umbria (Italy), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Center for Economic Research of Uzbekistan to name but a few.
EIIR’s staff are regularly invited to participate in meetings and workshops and to present their works at prestigious international fora and symposia that bring together recognised researchers and practitioners. EIIR’s research outputs are widely disseminated through both in-house reports and publications in leading academic and professional journals. The latest EIIR’s research paper Toward a Network Topology of Enterprise Transformation and Innovation has been recently published by the MIT Press.
EIIR’s unique structure provides both the ability to conduct high-quality, independent research and the capacity to interact effectively with its stakeholders and partners.
EIIR has been established as a non-profit association under French law (Loi du 1er juillet 1901). Its Board of Advisors consists of individuals with backgrounds in government, business, academia and civil society.
EIIR's funding is exclusively project-driven and composed of research projects funded by private corporations, national and regional governments and international bodies such as the European Commission, the United-Nations or the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), such a diversified funding base being a key principle to ensure EIIR’s independence.
Projects
Constructing a Cross-Regional 'Innovation Corridor' between Umbria (Italy) and Lithuania
Synopsis
The ‘Constructing a Cross-Regional ‘Innovation Corridor’ between Umbria and Lithuania’ project aims to improve the performance of small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) located in the regional economies of Umbria and the ‘Vilnius and Kaunas Dipolis’ through the identification and promotion of complementary competencies and capacity for cross-regional collaborative business ventures, as well as through the aggregation of capacity for entering procurement contracts of public or private organizations.
Read more...
Specialisation, Regional Clusters and Competitiveness - Regional Competitiveness Strategies
Funding: Nutek
Synopsis
The Specialisation and Regional Cluster project being undertaken by the OECD in co-operation with NUTEK (the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth), and EIIR is designed to increase understanding about how the competitive advantages of regions in different sectors and industries contribute to the overall economic performance of those regions, whether public policy should be trying to support or develop such specialisations and, if so, how.
Read more...
EFFORT - Governance, Policies and Legal Conditions for Access to Market through Extended and Dynamic Clustering of SMEs
http://www.effortproject.eu
Funding: European Commission (IST-2005-035088)
Synopsis
The objective of EFFORT is to gain understanding of the behaviour, governance, sustainability and constituency drivers of dynamic cross-border and cross-regional clusters of SMEs to improve their ability to access the global market by facilitating collaborative production of services and products, as well as by responding to procurement contracts of public or private organizations.
Read more...
GUIDE - Government User Identity for Europe
http://www.guide-project.org
Funding: European Commission (IST-1-507498.IP)
Synopsis
GUIDE is a European Commission funded Integrated Project that is pursuing research, technological development, and implementation with the aim of creating an architecture that will enable open and interoperable eGovernment electronic identity services in the EU. The project brings together 23 organisations from 13 member states of the EU. The project’s approach is interdisciplinary and involves technological, policy, legal, and process research and implementation in the context of the institutional, political, and legislative diversity that marks the EU.
Read more...
International Analysis of Regional Incubation Systems: Implications for the Government of Umbria
Funding: Umbria Innovazione
Synopsis
The main objective of the research is to analyze leading international practices in the field of incubation and acceleration to identify international best practices, the key actors, organisational and management models, financial and marketing models and strategic positioning that underpin successful incubation and acceleration systems in order to identify the conditions for setting up an incubator in alignment with the developmental requirements of the region of Umbria, Italy.
Read more...
Uzbekistan: Passages toward the Knowledge-Based Economy, Master Plan for the Transition
Funding: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Synopsis
The main objective of the research is to explore and analyze the current organizational, institutional, and regulatory conditions that structure the economy of the country and develop a set of policy recommendations to allow the Government of Uzbekistan better target its policies for the transition. It is expected that the results of the research will assist the Government to identify policy patterns, targets, approaches, and instruments for the support of the transition to the knowledge-based economy and the knowledge society more generally.
Read more...
References
European Commission
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Umbria Innovazione (Italy)
Regional Government of Umbria (Italy)
Center for Economic Research of Uzbekistan
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Sevices Areas of Intervention
EIIR Business Advisory interdisciplinary experts are committed to the highest professional standards and strive to provide a comprehensive array of management consulting services in three distinctive areas:
Firm Competitiveness and Growth
* Competitive Strategy
Gaining competitive advantages through a distinctive way a company can compete in a particular business that exploits profitable differences from the competition
* Location, Internationalization and Global Strategy
Developing competitive advantages through a global strategy that spreads company’s activities in multiple international locations to harness their locational advantages
* Innovation Capability
Enhancing company’s performance and growth of productivity through radical and incremental changes to products, processes, services and ways of managing to master and maintain holistic value-creating dynamics
* Technology Strategy
Improving company’s competitiveness through the use of information technologies that support the organisation's overall business strategy and plans
Economic Development and Competitiveness Building Strategies
* National Competitiveness
Building nation’s competitiveness through the development of national macroeconomic policies and institutional, political, and regulatory frameworks that shape the level of productivity with which a country can produce goods and services
* Cluster Development
Increasing the quality of the microeconomic environment through geographic concentrations of interconnected companies, specialised suppliers, service providers, and associated institutions in a particular field that are supported by the economic, business and institutional infrastructure of a nation or region
* States, Regions and Cities Competitiveness
Building states, regions and cities competitiveness through the development of regional or local macroeconomic policies and strategies that condition the quantity and quality of specialised skills, the economic, business and institutional infrastructure, the availability of technology, and the presence of clusters
* Cross-National Regions Strategy
Enhancing nation’s competitiveness and economic development through the coordination of macroeconomic policies and strategies across national regions among neighbouring countries
* Innovation Capacity
Developing nation’s competitiveness through innovation capacity building programs that strengthen the macroeconomic environment in areas such as the intensity of scientists and engineers in the workforce, the degree of protection of intellectual property or the sophistication and productivity of clusters, and foster more effective ways for governments, industry and academia to work together
Public Governance, Institutions and Economic Development
* Private Sector Development
Supporting nation’s economic development through government policies for market economy reforms that foster private sector led growth and financial market development
* Public-Private Partnerships
Improving nation’s public governance through the cooperation with the private sector on the way public services or public infrastructure are produced and delivered, and that results in a mutual beneficial partnering frameworks
* E-Government
Increasing public administration effectiveness in the provision of public services to citizens and businesses through the development of the institutional, policy and legal frameworks as well as the use of information and communication technologies solutions for implementing e-Government
* Regulatory Management and Public Administration Reform
Enhancing state modernisation through the implementation of high quality regulatory programmes and the adoption of administrative simplification procedures that facilitate trade, investment, innovation and entrepreneurship
* Program Design and Evaluation
Improving national policies and support to research, development and innovation investment through the design and evaluation of state aid framework and sector-specific structural funds to build competitive advantages
If you are interested in retaining our services or have any enquiry concerning our consulting expertise, please contact us through our Business Advisory Enquiry Form.
Industries
EIIR Business Advisory provides management consulting services to international institutions, multi*national corporations, SMEs, non-profits and governments. We offer practical advices in a wide range of industries, including:
* Aerospace & Defense
* Consumer Products
* Energy & Utilities
* Financial Services
* Healthcare & Life Sciences
* Industrial Manufacturing
* Nonprofit & Public Sector
* Telecommunications & Media
Drawing on our intellectual capital, the outputs of our research, the expertise of our interdisciplinary team and our unique blend of skills, we provide our clients with actionable solutions and recommendations with total integrity and independence.
We recognise and respect the business confidentiality and privacy expectations of each of our clients and, as such, choose not to list specific client names and details. We are, however, happy to share client references upon request.
Methodology
EIIR Business Advisory has developed a set of proprietary methodologies and tools to implement best-practices solutions based on the outputs of its research and practical experience in helping organisations to achieve tangible results in an efficient and cost-effective way.
Regional Competitiveness Strategy MapTM
A best-of-breed implementation strategy that provides an intuitive visualisation of business activities and economic domain in an integrated, cross-regional view targeted to regional governments wishing to develop a competitiveness-based approach that covers every aspect of a firm and the regional economic base.
Cluster Management Framework
A holistic, multidimensional and integrated approach of the key components required to develop and manage a world class industrial cluster supported by the economic, business and institutional infrastructure of a region.
Strategic Policy Matrix
A high-level, three-dimensional and multi-layered framework that outlines specific actionable policy areas and provides governments with a work breakdown structure to formulate and implement strategies for transition towards the knowledge-based economy.
e-Government AnalyticsTM
An activity-based analytical framework that provides a comprehensive assessment of governments’ national policies, strategies and programmes on e-Government along with a strategic framework of action in each of the policy, legal, regulatory and technological dimensions.