Research

Most erstwhile euro crisis countries have adjusted rapidly and started to feel the first benefits of reform. Economic growth is close to its trend rate of 1.5% in the eurozone…

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The Lisbon Council publishes Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Opportunity and Challenge, a discussion paper on the future of artificial intelligence. The paper is part of the ongoing Industries of the Future initiative, a multi-disciplinary collaboration…

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The product of a unique six-month experiment in crowdsourcing advanced, ecosystem-based research and policy proposals, Scale-Up Europe: A Manifesto for Change and Empowerment in the Digital Age presents 49 recommendations intended to serve as a comprehensive roadmap for making Europe not just the best place in the world to start a business, but the best place to grow one to scale as well.

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Paul Hofheinz, president and co-founder of the Lisbon Council, publishes an insightful and hard-hitting article on Project Syndicate, calling the European Union to set ambitious but attainable energy efficiency targets that…

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What role will electronic identification and e-signatures play in the emerging digital single market? How can common electronic identity standards facilitate the rise of cross-border financial services? How can Europe’s…

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In 2015-2016, 12 students from the College of Europe were competitively selected to take part in a project on state transformation. They were divided into three teams of four students.…

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What does it take for European companies to move from the “startup” to “scale-up” phase? Why do so many European firms remain static and what prevents them from becoming global…

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The Lisbon Council launches Text and Data Mining for Research and Innovation: What Europe Must Do Next, an interactive policy brief which looks at the challenge and opportunity of text and…

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The Lisbon Council and Berenberg jointly release The Euro Plus Monitor Spring 2016 Update, the latest installment of the bi-annual competitiveness ranking of 18 eurozone countries (plus Poland, Sweden and the…

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How is Europe faring on startups? A lot has been spoken about the need to do more to improve the ecosystem for startups, entrepreneurs and “scale-up” organisations. But is anything…

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Fiscal repair and structural reforms were difficult. But the bitter medicine has worked. The systemic euro crisis is history. Most reform countries at the periphery are reaping the rewards of…

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The European Digital Forum launches Government of the Future: How Digital Technology Will Change the Way We Live, Work and Govern at the eGovernment Conference Luxembourg 2015, a minister-level informal gathering hosted by…

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