Economic Policy Finished Projects

Green budgets for fiscal consolidation? A review of recent experience in selected countries

Authors:
Silja Kralik
Duration:
2012 - 2012
Financiers:
Nordic Council of Ministers / Vista Analysis AS
Keywords:
state budget, green budget, environmental taxes and charges, environmentally harmful subsidies

Analysis of Estonian position in leading ICT and e-governance indexes

Authors:
Katrin Pihor, Valentina Batueva
Duration:
2012 - 2012
Financiers:
Estonia ICT Demo Center
Keywords:
ICT, E-Government Development Index (EGDI), Networked Readiness Index, e-Government

Restructuring in SMEs

Authors:
Helena Rozeik
Duration:
2011 - 2012
Financiers:
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
Keywords:
SMEs, enterprises restructuring, enterprise policy

EstWin2: market and market failure

Authors:
Mari Rell, Risto Kaarna, Andres Jõesaar
Duration:
2011 - 2012
Financiers:
The Estonian Broadband Development Foundation
Keywords:
market, market failure, broadband Internet access

Estonian SME trends survey

Authors:
Helena Rozeik, Mari Rell, Risto Kaarna, Valentina Batueva
Duration:
2011 - 2012
Financiers:
Enterprise Estonia
Keywords:
small and medium sized enterprises, SME, enterprise policy

Analysis of Environmental Taxes

Authors:
Mari Rell, Silja Kralik, Risto Kaarna
Duration:
2011 - 2012
Financiers:
Ministry of the Environment
Keywords:
environmetal taxes, environmetal charges

SME performance Review 2010

Authors:
Anne Jürgenson
Duration:
2011 - 2011
Financiers:
European Commission Ecorys
Keywords:
SMEs, entrepreneurship

Adoption of e-invoicing by SMEs

Authors:
Anne Jürgenson
Duration:
2010 - 2011
Financiers:
European Commission EIM Business & Policy Research
Keywords:
SMEs, ICT

Business case-study training for case-based learning

Authors:
Anne Jürgenson, Kadri Kuusk
Duration:
2011 - 2011
Financiers:
Enterprise Estonia

Evaluation of the Implementention of EU Structural Funds Period 2007-2013 Measures for R&D and Higher Education

Authors:
Anne Jürgenson, Katrin Pihor, Mari Rell, Laura Kirss
Duration:
2011 - 2011
Financiers:
Estonian Ministry of Education and Research
Keywords:
EU structural funds, evaluation, R&D, higher education

Europe INNOVA – Sectoral Innovation Watch

Authors:
Helena Rozeik
Duration:
2009 - 2010
Financiers:
European Commission
Keywords:
innovation policy, sectoral studies

Innovation in Estonian enterprises in 2006-2008

Authors:
Anne Jürgenson, Risto Kaarna, Valentina Batueva
Duration:
2010 - 2011
Financiers:
Enterprise Estonia
Keywords:
innovation, enterpreneurship

Local Government Fees for soacial services required from individuals and/or families

Authors:
Katrin Pihor, Kadi Timpmann, Andres Võrk, Indrek Rohtla, Maris Kask in coopetation with TNS Emor
Duration:
2010 - 2011
Financiers:
Ministry of Social Affairs
Keywords:
local governments, payment, social services

Labour force survey in energy sector

Authors:
Katrin Pihor, Mari Rell, Kristi Nurmela, Risto Kaarna in cooperation with University of Tartu
Duration:
2010 - 2011
Financiers:
Keywords:
Energetics, labour demand, labour supply, quality of labour, need for trainings

Study on the effectiveness of public services offered to businesses

Authors:
Helena Rozeik, Egert Valmra (PwC)
Duration:
2009 - 2010
Financiers:
Ministry of Justice
Keywords:
public services, efficiency assessment

Evaluation of the programme "Increasing the supply of qualified labour force 2007-2013"

Authors:
Anne Jürgenson, Laura Kirss, Kirsti Nurmela
Duration:
2010 - 2010
Financiers:
Ministry of Social Affairs European Social Fund
Keywords:
evaluation, active labour market policies

Zero tax rate on corporate retained earnings – the impact on investment and economic development

Authors:
Andres Võrk, Anne Jürgenson, Risto Kaarna, Kadri Kuusk, Kärt Sein
Duration:
2010 - 2010
Financiers:
Ministry of Finance
Keywords:
corporate income tax, impact evaluation

Evaluation of selection critearia of the EU structural funds

Authors:
Anne Jürgenson, Kärt Sein, Gerli Paat, Annika Uudelepp, Reelika Leetmaa, Ain Aaviksoo, Kirsti Nurmela
Duration:
2010 - 2010
Financiers:
Ministry of Finance
Keywords:
EU structural funds, evaluation

From unemployment to entrepreneurship – the right choice?

Authors:
Anne Jürgenson
Duration:
2009 - 2010
Financiers:
Open Society Institute
Keywords:
necessity entrepreneurship, self-employment, start-up

Implementation of the Small Business Act in Estonia

Authors:
Anne Jürgenson
Duration:
2009 - 2009
Financiers:
EIM Business & Policy Research
Keywords:
SMEs, enterprise policy

Mapping of companies in the Estonian ICT sector

Authors:
Helena Rozeik, Anne Jürgenson, Vaho Klaamann
Duration:
2009 - 2009
Financiers:
Enterprise Estonia
Keywords:
ICT, export potential

Evaluation of operational programmes for implementation of the National Strategic Reference Framework

Authors:
Annika Uudelepp, Ain Aaviksoo, Laura Kirss, Kadri Kuusk, Helena Rozeik, Anne Jürgenson
Duration:
2009 - 2009
Financiers:
Ministry of Finance
Keywords:
EU structural funds, evaluation

Structural Funds Civic Watch

Authors:
Kadri Kuusk, Anne Jürgenson
Duration:
2008 - 2009
Financiers:
Open Society Institute
Keywords:
structural funds, evaluation

Network for Teaching Information Society

Authors:
Tarmo Kalvet
Duration:
2006 - 2008
Financiers:
EL Community programme LEONARDO DA VINCI
Keywords:
Information Society, ICT

Open Innovation Policy Assessment Framework

Authors:
Jeroen de Jong, Wim Vanhaverbeke, Tarmo Kalvet, Henry Chesbrough
Duration:
2007 - 2008
Financiers:
VISION Era-Net
Keywords:
open innovation policy

Digital Divide in Estonia

Authors:
Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt (University of Tartu), Tarmo Kalvet
Duration:
2007 - 2008
Financiers:
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications
Keywords:
Digital stratification, information society

Identification and analysis of the targets of the impact indicators

Authors:
Kadri Kuusk, Merit Tatar
Duration:
2007 - 2007
Financiers:
Ministry of Finance
Keywords:
EU structural funds, evaluation

Next steps in developing Information Society Services in the New Member States: The cases of eGovernment and eHealth

Authors:
Tarmo Kalvet, Ain Aaviksoo
Duration:
2006 - 2007
Financiers:
The Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS)
Keywords:
e-health, e-government

Evaluation of Business Support Measures in Estonia

Authors:
Kadri Kuusk, Anne Jürgenson, Tarmo Kalvet, Ele Reiljan (University of Tartu)
Duration:
2006 - 2007
Financiers:
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications
Keywords:
EU structural funds, impact evaluation, enterprise policy, innovation policy

Evaluation of women entrepreneurship programmes

Authors:
Anne Jürgenson, Maija Kāle, Monika Kraučionenė, Dajva Valiukonyte
Duration:
2007 - 2007
Financiers:
Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB)
Keywords:
Women entrepreneurship, impact evaluation

Strategic Development Concept of Transnational Cooperation in the Field of Innovation Promotion in the Via Baltica Nordica Macro-Region

Authors:
Kimmo Viljamaa (Advansis), Tarmo Kalvet
Duration:
2007 - 2007
Financiers:
BSR INTERREG IIIB programme, ERDF
Keywords:
regional innovation, systems of innovation

Feasibility study regarding a policy scheme favouring recruitment of innovation stuff in enterprises and science-industry mobility

Authors:
Gabrielsson, Nils (inno Scandinavia AB), Kalvet, Tarmo (PRAXIS), Halme, Kimmo (Advansis Oy)
Duration:
2006 - 2007
Financiers:
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications
Keywords:
Feasibility study, mobility, innovation policy

Creative Destruction Management in the Baltic Sea Region

Authors:
Tarmo Kalvet, Rainer Kattel, Marek Tiits, Anne Jürgenson
Duration:
2005 - 2006
Financiers:
Phare CBC programme
Keywords:
Creative destruction, innovation policy

Private Sector R&D in the New Member States

Authors:
Tarmo Kalvet, Anne Jürgenson
Duration:
2005 - 2006
Financiers:
Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS)
Keywords:
R&D expenditures, case studies

eVikings II: Establishment of the Virtual Centre of Excellence for IST RTD in Estonia

Authors:
Tarmo Kalvet, Marek Tiits, Tarmo Pihl
Duration:
2003 - 2005
Financiers:
EU 5th framework programme
Keywords:
ICT, clusters

Innovation Awareness in Estonia

Authors:
Tarmo Kalvet, Rainer Kattel, Kaspar Küünarpuu, Daniel Vaarik, Katrin Rahu, Evelin Ojamets
Duration:
2005 - 2005
Financiers:
Enterprise Estonia
Keywords:
innovation awareness

Business Support Measures in the State Budget Strategy for 2007-2013

Authors:
Anne Jürgenson, Rainer Kattel, Tarmo Kalvet
Duration:
2005 - 2005
Financiers:
Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Hansabank Estonia AS Innopolis Konsultatsioonid
Keywords:
enterprise policy, innovation policy

Knowledge-based Economy and IT-related Higher Education

Authors:
Tarmo Kalvet, Rainer Kattel
Duration:
2004 - 2005
Financiers:
Estonian Information Technology Foundation Ministry of Education and Research
Keywords:
ICT

Biotechnology and Information Society Technologies Foresight in Estonia

Authors:
Marek Tiits, Rainer Kattel, Tarmo Kalvet
Duration:
2003 - 2004
Financiers:
EU Fifth Framework Programme Open Society Institute
Keywords:
foresight, ICT, biotechnology

Risk Analyses of the SPINNO programme in the Tallinn University of Technology

Authors:
Tarmo Kalvet, Rainer Kattel, Marius Kuningas
Duration:
2004 - 2004
Financiers:
Tallinn University of Technology
Keywords:
risk analysis

SME Observatory

Authors:
Marius Kuningas
Duration:
2003 - 2004
Financiers:
The European Network for Social and Economic Research (ENSR)
Keywords:
SME

e-Awareness for Europe: Digital Awareness and Security for the Citizen in Europe

Authors:
Tarmo Kalvet
Duration:
2003 - 2003
Financiers:
EU FP5 (eAWARE, RPTN-2002-00009) coordinated by RAND Europe
Keywords:
e-awareness

Creative Destruction Management in Central and Eastern Europe: Meeting the Challenges of the Techno-Economic Paradigm Shift

Authors:
Tarmo Kalvet, Rainer Kattel
Duration:
2001 - 2003
Financiers:
Open Society Institute
Keywords:
innovation policy, R&D

ICT infrastructure and e-readiness evaluation

Authors:
Tarmo Kalvet, Andre Krull
Duration:
2002 - 2003
Financiers:
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) for the Information for Development Program (infoDev)
Keywords:
ICT, e-readiness

Digital Divide in Estonia

Authors:
Mari Kalkun, Tarmo Kalvet, Daimar Liiv, Andre Kull
Duration:
2002 - 2002
Financiers:
Open Society Foundation State Chancellery Look@World Foundation
Keywords:
digital divide