On Friday 29th of May, the 3° RISIS POLICYMAKERS SESSION entitled “A comparison of US and European Universities: the strong relationship between revenues and excellence” took place in an online format because of the Covid-19 emergency. The conference focused on the results of a recent study published on PlosOne, and titled Scientific output scales with resources. A comparison of US and European Universities , conducted by Università della Svizzera italiana in collaboration with the University…
High-growth firms received considerable attention by academic scholars and policy-makers, because of their crucial role in creating new jobs and sustaining economic growth. At the same time, the academic literature has pointed out how the determinants of high growth are difficult to predict, and that high growth tends not to persist over time. Quite surprisingly, one category of firms has received less scholarly attention when dealing with firm growth: medium-size firms. Cheetah dataset offers the…
RISIS newsletter is on its way, and now you can subscribe for it. First RISIS newsletter is scheduled for the end of June, and it will became a regular appointment with big data, core datasets and all project developments on site. Indeed, main topics covered will be output and activities of RISIS research, with a focus on past results and research activities in development. Wide space will give at deepening on Science Technology and Innovations…
How many and which European Research Organizations are involved in Research and Innovation? How are distributed and interlinked each other? OrgReg, the first Register of Public-Sector Organizations, is a set towards answering to this question, which is increasingly important given the role attributed to research organizations by new managerial paradigms in science and higher education policies. “OrgReg is a facility developed within RISIS to provide a reference list of research organizations and higher education…
Even datasets have a heart. In particular, RISIS heart is called RISIS Core Facitity. The objective of Risis Core Facility (RCF) is to provide a ground-breaking infrastructure for Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) studies. In order to get a functional core, the infrastructure must provide a unique entry point online, with which RISIS user can access a monitored and secured workspace. This workspace will be designed to provide services to user interested in…
