Innovation and knowledge transfer in Denmark and the Czech Republic

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The Innovative University

Extract focusing on Aalborg University (Denmark) from a collection of case studies of eight “innovative” Universities in EU which are partners of the European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU). The report is deliverable D4 of theDIFUSE project (Driving innovation from universities into scientific enterprises)and was the key output of the second work package “Assessment of Current Tech Transfer Practice”. The project was funded under the Sixth Framework programme, ‘Structuring the European Research Area’ – Research and Innovation - forIdentification of New Methods of Promoting and Encouraging Trans-national Technology Transfer

DIFUSE is a project that aimed to evaluate existing practice and develop a model for transnational cooperation between university knowledge transfer support functions with ECIU and to facilitate industrial and commercial exploitation of university services, products and inventions, notably arising from the Consortium’s research outcomes. The specific object of this Study is to explore current Knowledge Transfer policy and practice across the eight DIFUSE Project consortium partners
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Key initiatives in the Danish research strategy

 The Danish Government published a globalisation strategy in April 2006, containing 350 specific initiatives, which together entail extensive reforms of education and training programmes as well as research and entrepreneurship, and also substantial improvements in the framework conditions for growth and innovation in all areas of society. Its main goals are securing Denmark a strong competitive strength in the globalised market economy as well as a strong social coherence.
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The Industrial PhD
An effective tool for innovation and knowledge sharing The Industrial PhD programme was originally established in 1970 as the Industrial Research Programme. The Industrial Research Programme was established as a two-year licentiate course. In early 1989, the programme was changed to a three-year PhD course under the Danish Council for the Promotion of Industrial Development.  In 2000, it was transferred to the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. This report is based on the experience gained from PhD projects completed in 1992 or later, and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation database of projects that started from 2002 and on. It is the most comprehensive analysis to date of the Industrial PhD course and its effect on the surrounding society. The Industrial PhD programme has been evaluated on an ongoing basis, and this report is a summary of the most recent analyses and studies. Some of the evaluations have not been published before. Oxford Research prepared the report for the Danish Council for Technology and Innovation.
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Public Research Commercialisation Survey Denmark 2008 

The annual commercialisation survey illustrates the efforts and performance of public research institutions in technology transfer. The commercialisation survey constitutes one initiative among several, to monitor and provide documentation of the national efforts in knowledge transfer under the commercialisation survey constitutes one initiative among several, to monitor and provide documentation of the national efforts in knowledge transfer under the Danish Council for Technology and Innovation
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Monitoring and analysis of policies and public financing instruments conducive to higher levels of R&D investments- Country Review DENMARK 

This report is one of the 31 country reviews produced under the project “Monitoring and analysis of policies and public financing instruments conducive to higher levels of R&D investments” The role of country reviews is to provide a first exploratory analysis of the current policy mixes in place in all countries and detect most important areas of interactions between instruments as well as new modes of policy governance that are particularly adapted (or detrimental) for the building of policy mixes. A horizontal analysis of these country reviews will lead to the identification of typical policy mixes, to be related to particular NIS characteristics.

The country reviews are based on the methodological framework produced by the consortium to frame the “policy mix” concept. They have been implemented on the basis of expert assessments derived from the analysis of NIS characteristics and policy mix settings, using key information sources such as Trendchart and ERAWATCH reports, OECD reviews, and national sources, among which the National Reform Programmes. In this work, the “policy mix for R&D” is defined as: “the combination of policy instruments, which interact to influence the quantity and quality of R&D investments in public and private sectors. “
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Science, Technology and Competitiveness
Key figures report 2008/2009

The status of the European Research Area: Europe's progress towards a knowledge-based economy policed by the EUROPEAN COMMISSION

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