Industrial and Competitiveness Policy
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A US Retreat from TPP: What Does Services Trade Tell Us?
Research Areas: Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy North America South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and SecurityDuring last weekend’s summit meeting of Asia-Pacific leaders in Peru, President Obama made the case that failure to sign on to TPP would...
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The Impact of Globalisation on South Korea’s Nuclear Industry and its Strategic Choices
Tags: South KoreaBy: Stephen RangerSouth Korea’s nuclear industry has emerged in recent years to become a significant player in what is a competitive market. Its biggest achievement...
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EU Services Part I
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyTags: EUThe issue of immigration is currently a hot debated topic and is often put in connection with globalisation and the current political backlash. Both...
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The Privacy Shield in 3 Tweets
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyTags: data protectionIt took a great deal of negotiation efforts, but the European Commission implementing decision on the adequacy of the protection provided by the...
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Science, the State and the City – An interview with Geoffrey Owen and Michael Hopkins about biotech sector in Europe
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Innovation, IP, and Human CapitalSir Geoffrey Owen is a business historian, former Editor of the Financial Times, and Senior Fellow at the London School Economics, Michael Hopkins...
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The “Winning Cards” in the Digital Era: Internet, Smart Devices, and Online Network Services
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Korea ProjectBy: Jimmyn ParcIt was the “Walkman” which transformed Sony from a relatively unknown small company in the 1970s to the prominent global giant that we know...
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Beyond Geo-blocking: “Gangnam Style” is not just for Gangnam
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Korea ProjectBy: Jimmyn Parc“Gangnam Style” by Psy has been a seemingly unstoppable musical force around the world. With over 2.5 billion clicks (as of February 2016) this...
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A Race Against Time: New Data Protection Rules in the Internet Era
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyIt was about time. Pre-internet rules on data protection were not fit for our new interconnected reality. The core institutions of the European Union...
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Cultural Industries: Europe, Look East!
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Korea ProjectTags: cultural industriesThere is a fascinating twist in the current European debate on cultural industries and the Single Digital Market: it has been dominated by the...
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Wrestling with or Embracing Digitization?
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Korea ProjectTags: cultural industriesBy: Jimmyn ParcVincent Van Gogh is regarded as one of the greatest artists and his paintings are some of the world’s most expensive. However, while he was alive...
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Welcome to North Korea! Prospects on the Economic Impact of Kim Jong-un’s International Tourist Zones
Tags: North KoreaBy: Stephen RangerThe tourism industry may not seem like the most promising area for development in North Korea given its negative reputation abroad and limited...
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Innovation for Greater Economic Prosperity of Belarus?
Research Areas: Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Innovation, IP, and Human Capital Russia and Eurasia Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Jimmyn ParcWhich developmental path is best suited for Belarus if it wants to achieve greater and more sustainable economic prosperity? This was the question at...