Accepted: 31 July 2007 Abstract We review the status of European publishing in high-impact Information System (IS) journals finding that the European publication record is disappointing. We consider popular explanations to this state of affairs and find them neither credible nor useful for improving the European record. We propose several constructive reasons for this including (1) the lack of ...

The Seventh International Meeting of the European Laboratory Working Group on Diphtheria (ELWGD) was held in Vienna, Austria in June 2002 and brought together the microbiologists and epidemiologists responsible for diphtheria in many countries throughout the world. The ELWGD was formed in 1993 in response to the epidemics of diphtheria in Russia and the Newly Independent States (NIS) of the for...

There is an error in the ‘‘Funding’’ statement. Please refer to the correct ‘‘Funding’’ statement below: ‘‘This work was funded by grants from the Medical Research Council UK to Dr A Mitchell (G0900390) and a European Union Framework 7 grant 201167 to the Euradrenal Consortium. Financial support for the Swedish contribution was also provided through the regional agreement on medical training an...

There are errors in the Funding section. The complete, correct Funding Statement is as follows: This study was supported by the Czech Ministry of Health, NS10336-3/2009, http://iga.mzcr. cz/publicWeb/, MH; Czech Ministry of Health, NT11190-6/2010, http://iga.mzcr.cz/ publicWeb/, HB; Czech Ministry of Health, NT12282-5/2011,http://iga.mzcr.cz/publicWeb/, RJ; Czech Ministry of Health, NT14181-3/2...

There are errors in the Funding section of the published article. The correct funding information is as follows: Swedish Cancer Foundation (070623, CAN 2007/1044, 11 0544, CAN 2011/ 471) URL: www.cancerfonden.se, SA; Karolinska Institutet Cancer Strategic grants (5888/05722) URL: www.ki.se, SA; Swedish Research Council (521-2008-2899) URL: www.vr.se, SA; Stockholm County Council (20130097) URL ...

The global financial crisis had detrimental consequences for banks’ balance sheets, as well as for their funding costs and profitability, thus weighing negatively on their ability to supply new loans. As a result, banks tightened credit standards for all borrowers, including non-financial corporations. The restricted access to bank funding for the corporate sector induced the latter to seek oth...

Abstract Financial constraints can severely limit the development of small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) are very likely to affect innovative firms. In order lower barriers firm growth, in 2014 European Commission introduced SME Instrument with specific aim support businesses high-growth potential need external finance. By exploiting availability information not only on grant awards but al...

BACKGROUND Evidence shows that territorial borders continue to have an impact on research collaboration in Europe. Knowledge of national research structural contexts is therefore crucial to the promotion of Europe-wide policies for research funding. Nevertheless, studies assessing and comparing research systems remain scarce. This paper aims to further the knowledge on national research landsca...