DEFINE

Innovation takes place in transnational value chains, mainly along the customer-supplier production lines. The different national research institute systems are parts of this structure, but their strategies and financial capabilities tend to limit their activities to initiatives within the national borders. This is the result of the national orientation of support programmes. As a result, there is a discrepancy between the need for transnational innovation and the offer of national programmes. Consequently, the possibilities of the transnational system are not fully exploited, which, in turn, hampers competitiveness at European and national level.

The project therefore aims to encourage the formulation of a policy response that is more adapted to transnational innovation processes in value-chains.