Competitiveness
This section feature research, opinion and progress reports on how the Czech Republic compares to other EU countries economically. It includes analysis of international rankings such as the WEF and World Bank.
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World Bank: Toward an Innovative Poland: The Entrepreneurial Discovery Process and Business Needs Analysis | e15.cz: Prague replaces Warsaw as most attractive place for German investors
The World Bank project summarized in the report proposes a pioneering approach to engaging the private sector, as well as science, public administration, and civic society, in co-creating innovation policy, selecting priorities for public innovation spending, and adjusting public support instruments to the real needs of Polish enterprises.
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CzechStartups.org/Lupa.cz: Interview with CzechInvest GM Karel Kučera about Prague´s first Space Incubator
General Manager of the government CzechInvest Agency Karel Kučera gave an interview to the Czech server Lupa.cz about newly opened Space Incubator in the Prague Startup Centre.
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Czech Statistical Office: Private entities receive 1/6 of direct state R&D investment in 2014
According to the Czech Statistical Office, EU’s public expenditure on R&D accounted for 0.7% of EU’s GDP in 2014, compared with 0.8% of GDP in the United States of America and Japan. The Czech public expenditure on R&D (CZK 27bn, i.e. 0.6% of the country’s GDP) amounted to 1% of the EU’s expenditure volume. In the Czech Republic, private entities (80% of them were private companies) received direct state funding worth CZK 3.4bn in 2014, that is one-sixth of the total.
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