Empirical evidence for decision makers

Internationalization, Grand Challenges, Renewables and Sustainability, Smart Specialization, Digitalization and Automation, Natural Laboratories. Can a country xxx ?

We provide empirical evidence needed to design strategies, policies and programs to understand and tackle the most important and difficult problems of our times. that lives of millions of people

Helping institutions understand the broad implications of innovations for economy and society. Our knowledge and experience allows us to address critical challenges far beyond the realm of science and technology.

 

Most discourse on innovation is based on there being as much innovation as possible, that innovation is good per se. Yet, there are plenty of examples where this is not true, at least not at all. Innovations not only create new businesses, industries and shape territories but can also destroy them

Policymakers need to know and estimate spillover effects of innovations and give answers to questions such as: Is energy efficiency responsible for an increase on energy consume? Is biofuels production reducing the availability of food en emerging economies? Are foreign direct investments fostering innovation?



Our consulting and research services in Innovation Economics are intended for agencies, councils, central and regional governments and ministries as well as cluster management organizations and other institutions that need

  • Interdisciplinary empirical research
  • Support in strategy development or
  • Program management,

related to energy efficiency, renewable energy, services offshoring or foreign direct investment.

 

We provide consulting and research xxx best practice studies, Baseline studies, Benchmark studies, Competencies studies, Satisfaction Studies, Offer and Demand Studies, Investment Tracing, Design, Promotion, Implementation, Administration, Monitoring & Evaluation and Redesign of Strategies and Public Interventions.

Our topics in Applied Economics

  • Natural Laboratories
  • Digitalization and Automation
  • Smart Specialization
  • Urban development

Most requested modules in research and consulting projects related to Applied Economics

  • Market research

    We bring public organizations the full value of deeper market understanding; we design primary and secondary market research tailored to understand the needs and wants of potential beneficiaries and help to draw up scenarios for future developments

  • Best practice studies

    By using a competency-based approach we develop knowledge and competency maps that can be used to evaluate and develop the competencies of the people in charge of planning, engineering and operation of power plants based on renewable energy.

  • Benchmark studies

    We design indicator systems to identify, assess and compare relevant aspects of a country’s performance regarding renewable energy. By using primary and secondary information sources we also compare policies and programs to promote renewable energies and their broad implications.

  • Baseline studies
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  • Competencies studies

    We contribute to the design of public programs and initiatives that promote the use of renewable energy, stimulate horizontal collaboration across providers, improve the service quality, document best practices and allow a more rapid and effective transfer of them.

  • Bibliometric analysis
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  • Network analysis
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  • Actor analysis
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  • Data analytics and modelling

    We contribute to the design of public programs and initiatives that promote the use of renewable energy, stimulate horizontal collaboration across providers, improve the service quality, document best practices and allow a more rapid and effective transfer of them.

  • Strategy design

    We help define high-impact promotion strategies for public programs and initiatives, including specific communication plans. We also implement these strategies when requested: identifying, contacting and meeting targeted beneficiaries in the name of our clients.

  • Strategy promotion

    We administrate public programs and initiatives, and manage webs of projects in an efficient and transparent way. We support our clients to avoid conflicts of interest by identifying, selecting and managing the external experts needed to evaluate the proposals of potential beneficiaries.

  • Strategy monitoring
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  • Strategy evaluation
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  • Strategy redesign
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  • Taxonomy design
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  • Systematic documental analysis
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Internationalization

Internationalization is xxxxx.


We have knowledge and experience in Foreign direct investment, Export promotion, Services offshoring, Nation branding and Paradiplomacy, both at national and subnational levels.

Examples of our studies and impact cases on Internationalization

Nation branding

Design and implementation of a strategy geared towards promoting a public program in Europe aimed at fostering the creation of captive knowledge intensive offshoring center in the country.





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Foreign direct investment

For a national  investment promotion agency we have designed regional strategies to attract foreign direct investment. Each strategy includes high-value investment opportunities with unique benefit proposition and market segments to be targeted.



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Subnational internationalization

We have supported a national economic development agency to identify and validate the factors that determine the selection of localizations where multinational corporations implement foreign direct investments in global services.



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Grand Challenges

Grand Challenges are xxx.


We have knowledge and experience identifying national and subnational capacities to understand and master grand challenges.

Examples of our studies and impact cases on Grand Challenges

Water scarcity

A national economic development agency used our services to design and implement a strategy geared towards promoting a public program in Europe aimed at fostering the creation of captive knowledge intensive offshoring center in the country.



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Aging population

For a national investment promotion agency we have designed regional strategies to attract foreign direct investment. Each strategy includes high-value investment opportunities with unique benefit proposition and market segments to be targeted.



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Natural disasters

We have supported a national economic development agency to identify and validate the factors that determine the selection of localizations where multinational corporations implement foreign direct investments in global services.



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Digitalization and Automation

We have knowledge and experience identifying the impact of digitalization on agriculture, capacities to xxxx technology revolution, transformation towards a digital government, smart mobility.

Examples of our studies and impact cases on Digitalization and Automation

Second digital revolution

A national economic development agency used our services to design and implement a strategy geared towards promoting a public program in Europe aimed at fostering the creation of captive knowledge intensive offshoring center in the country.



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ODEPA

For a national investment promotion agency we have designed regional strategies to attract foreign direct investment. Each strategy includes high-value investment opportunities with unique benefit proposition and market segments to be targeted.



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Public-sector digitalization

We have supported a national economic development agency to identify and validate the factors that determine the selection of localizations where multinational corporations implement foreign direct investments in global services.



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Renewables and Sustainability

We provide evidence, based on empirical research, required to design, implement and evaluate strategies and policies for energy, water and materials.

Examples of our studies and impact cases on Renewables and Sustainability

New competency profiles

For an Agency for Renewable Energy we have determined the detailed configuration of the value chains of and defined key human resources and their competency profiles for the engineering and operation of geothermal, wind, minhydro, concentrated thermal solar plants.



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Best practices for efficiency

We have assessed for an Investment Promotion Agency the market potential of solar, wind and biomass sources in selected regions as well as the attractiveness of the respective investment opportunities for foreign direct investors.





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Ex-post evaluation and inventory

For a Ministry of Energy we have evaluated processes, results ad impacts of a public program geared towards promoting the use of photovoltaic systems in public buildings and made an inventory of the current operational state of hundred installations.



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Smart Specialization

We provide evidence, based on empirical research, required to design, implement and evaluate strategies and policies for smart specialization

Examples of our studies and impact cases on Smart Specialization

National strategy

A national economic development agency used our services to design and implement a strategy geared towards promoting a public program in Europe aimed at fostering the creation of captive knowledge intensive offshoring center in the country.



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Advanced human capital

For a national investment promotion agency we have designed regional strategies to attract foreign direct investment. Each strategy includes high-value investment opportunities with unique benefit proposition and market segments to be targeted.



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Territorial marketing

We have supported a national economic development agency to identify and validate the factors that determine the selection of localizations where multinational corporations implement foreign direct investments in global services.



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Natural Laboratories

Natural Laboratories are xxxxx. We have knowledge and experience in astronomy, subantartic region, natural disasters, extreme territories, xxxx

Examples of our studies and impact cases on Natural Laboratories

Subantartic region

A national economic development agency used our services to design and implement a strategy geared towards promoting a public program in Europe aimed at fostering the creation of captive knowledge intensive offshoring center in the country.



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Unique territories

For a national investment promotion agency we have designed regional strategies to attract foreign direct investment. Each strategy includes high-value investment opportunities with unique benefit proposition and market segments to be targeted.



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xxx astronomy

We have supported a national economic development agency to identify and validate the factors that determine the selection of localizations where multinational corporations implement foreign direct investments in global services.



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Urban Development

Urban xxx are xxxxx. We have knowledge and experience in astronomy, subantartic region, natural disasters, extreme territories, xxxx

Examples of our studies and impact cases on Urban Development

Small LOCALIDADES xxx

A national economic development agency used our services to design and implement a strategy geared towards promoting a public program in Europe aimed at fostering the creation of captive knowledge intensive offshoring center in the country.



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Smart mobility

For a national investment promotion agency we have designed regional strategies to attract foreign direct investment. Each strategy includes high-value investment opportunities with unique benefit proposition and market segments to be targeted.



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Commercial districts

We have supported a national economic development agency to identify and validate the factors that determine the selection of localizations where multinational corporations implement foreign direct investments in global services.



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