caa a22 4500 445348658 CHVBK 20180317142837.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11192-011-0378-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11192-011-0378-x Assessing the scientific and technological output of EU Framework Programmes: evidence from the FP6 projects in the ICT field [Elektronische Daten] [Stefano Breschi, Franco Malerba] This paper provides a quantitative assessment of the scientific and technological productivity of FP6 projects by exploiting a new database on articles and patents resulting from EU funded projects. Starting from the FP6, the design of the European technology policy has undergone significant changes with the introduction of new funding instruments aimed at achieving a "critical mass” of resources. Our empirical results provide support to the concerns, expressed by several observers, regarding the fact that the new funding instruments may have resulted in artificially "too large” research consortia. The available empirical evidence shows that scientific productivity increases with the number of participants following a U-inverted shape, thereby indicating the existence of decreasing marginal returns to an increase in the size of research consortia. A second key result of the paper is related to the existence of significant differences of performance among funding instruments. In particular, after accounting for the larger amount of resources allocated to them, Integrated Projects perform less well in terms of scientific output than both STRePs and Networks of Excellence and they do not exhibit a superior performance than STRePs in terms of patent applications. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary, 2011 Framework Programme nationallicence Research consortia nationallicence Scientific and technological performance nationallicence Breschi Stefano KITeS, Department of Management & Technology, Università Commerciale L. Bocconi, Via Sarfatti 25, 20136, Milan, Italy aut Malerba Franco KITeS, Department of Management & Technology, Università Commerciale L. Bocconi, Via Sarfatti 25, 20136, Milan, Italy aut Scientometrics Springer Netherlands 88/1(2011-07-01), 239-257 0138-9130 88:1<239 2011 88 11192 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-011-0378-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-011-0378-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Breschi Stefano KITeS, Department of Management & Technology, Università Commerciale L. Bocconi, Via Sarfatti 25, 20136, Milan, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Malerba Franco KITeS, Department of Management & Technology, Università Commerciale L. Bocconi, Via Sarfatti 25, 20136, Milan, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Scientometrics Springer Netherlands 88/1(2011-07-01), 239-257 0138-9130 88:1<239 2011 88 11192 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer