Structural Funds and Building Knowledge-based Economy in Slovakia: Experience, Major Challenges and Implications for Innovation Policies
Structural Funds and Building Knowledge-based Economy in Slovakia: Experience, Major Challenges and Implications for Innovation Policies

Summary/Abstract: This paper analyses impacts of the Structural Funds implementation on fostering RTDI in Slovakia. It explores absorption of the Research & Technological Development & Innovation (RTDI) investments from Structural Funds in different types of Slovak regions and analyses it via in-depth interviews with the experts on RTDI policies and professionals involved in implementation of the Structural Funds in Slovakia. Concluding section summarises findings from statistical data and interviews, and discusses policy options for implementation of the Structural Funds in planning period of 2007 – 2013.

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