Copyright Reform for Growth and Jobs: Modernising the European Copyright Framework May 2013 Digital Economy Knowledge Society Ian Hargreaves, professor of digital economy, University of Cardiff; author, Digital Opportunity: A Review of Intellectual Property and Growth (“the Hargreaves report”) and senior fellow at the Lisbon Council; and… Download READ MORE -
Economic Intelligence: The 14-15 March 2013 European Council, Post-Summit Analysis March 2013 Economy Euro Eurozone Alessandro Leipold, chief economist of the Lisbon Council, weighs in with real-time analysis of the 14-15 March European Council. Mr. Leipold — who joined the Lisbon Council in 2010 after… Download READ MORE -
Economic Intelligence: The European Council of 14-15 March 2013: Can it Deliver? March 2013 Economy Euro Eurozone On the eve of the European Council Spring Summit on 14-15 March, the Lisbon Council launches a new policy paper series — Economic Intelligence, Up-to-the-Minute Analysis from Chief Economist Alessandro… Download READ MORE -
The Euro Plus Monitor Spring 2013 Update March 2013 Economy Euro Eurozone The Lisbon Council and Berenberg Bank published The Euro Plus Monitor Spring 2013 Update. The Euro Plus Monitor is the premier competitiveness ranking of eurozone economies, as well as Poland,… Download READ MORE -
The 2012 Euro Plus Monitor: The Rocky Road to Balanced Growth November 2012 Economy Euro Eurozone The 2012 Euro Plus Monitor, the authoritative competitiveness ranking jointly published each year by Berenberg Bank and the Lisbon Council, ranks the 17 eurozone countries on a range of key… Download READ MORE -
SMEs in the Single Market: A Growth Agenda for the 21st Century October 2012 Digital Economy Entrepreneurship In the presence of European Commissioner Michel Barnier, the Lisbon Council launched SMEs in the Single Market: A Growth Agenda for the 21st Century. In this timely report, eight thought… Download READ MORE -
Intellectual Property and Innovation: A Framework for 21st Century Growth and Jobs September 2012 Digital Innovation Knowledge Society In the presence of European Commission Vice-President Neelie Kroes, the Lisbon Council launched Intellectual Property and Innovation: A Framework for 21st Century Growth and Jobs. In this timely report, ten… Download READ MORE -
Wired for Growth and Innovation: How Digital Technologies are Reshaping Small- and Medium- Sized Businesses May 2012 Digital Entrepreneurship Knowledge Society Executive Director Ann Mettler and Senior Fellow Anthony D. Williams explain the potential of the Internet – and greater adoption of information and communication technology in small- and medium-sized enterprises… Download READ MORE -
Lessons in Crisis Management: Making the European Stability Mechanism February 2012 Economy Euro Eurozone Alessandro Leipold, chief economist of the Lisbon Council and former acting director of the European Department of the IMF, presents a seven-point programme for making the European Stability Mechanism a… Download READ MORE -
European Human Capital Index: The Challenge of Central and Eastern Europe November 2011 Economy Innovation Knowledge Society The second volume of our widely acclaimed European Human Capital Index focuses on Central and Eastern Europe, as well as Turkey. In a one-of-a-kind analysis, the authors explain why the… Download READ MORE -
The Rise of the Micro-Multinational: How Freelancers and Technology-Savvy Start-Ups are Driving Growth, Jobs and October 2011 Economy Entrepreneurship Startups In a forceful, hard-hitting policy brief, Executive Director Ann Mettler and Senior Fellow Anthony Williams look at the deep-seated changes afoot in our economy. These days, big companies are looking… Download READ MORE -
Thinking the Unthinkable: Lessons of Past Sovereign Debt Restructurings May 2011 Economy Euro Eurozone The Lisbon Council launches Thinking the Unthinkable: Lessons of Past Sovereign Debt Restructurings, a new e-brief by Alessandro Leipold, chief economist of the Lisbon Council and former acting director of… Download READ MORE -