Economics of innovation, incentives and uncertainty / Patrick E. Simmons and Samuel T. Jordan, editors.

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ECONOMICS OF INNOVATION, INCENTIVES AND UNCERTAINTY; ECONOMICS OF INNOVATION, INCENTIVES AND UNCERTAINTY; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: INCENTIVES FOR SMES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO ITALY; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1. Types of Incentives and Their Definitions; 1.2. Aims and Contents of the Chapter; 2. 'STATE AID' ACCORDING TO EU LEGISLATION AND INTHE RECENT EXPERIENCE OF SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; 2.1. 'State Aid' According to Recent EC Regulations.

2.2. 'State Aid' in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union2.3. Continued: Prohibited and Permitted Types of 'Aid'; 2.4. Continued: Controls; 2.5. The Discipline Applicable to Aid Granted to an SME; 2.6. New Developments that May Be Identified in the Discipline of State Aid; 2.7. 'State Aid' in the Recent Experience of Certain European Countries; 3. EU POLICY FOR ENTERPRISES: AN OVERVIEW; 3.1. EU Policy for Enterprises, with Special Reference to SMEs: GeneralAspects; 3.2. The EU's Policy for SMEs; 3.2.1. What Does the SBA Do for SMEs?

I) Design Rules according to the 'Think Small First Principle'II) Facilitate SMEs' Access to Funding; III) Help SMEs to Get Most out of the EU's Single Market; IV) Create an Entrepreneurial Environment; V) Adapt Public Policy Tools to SME Needs; 3.2.2. The Think Small First Principle; Report of the Expert Group Think Small First -- Considering SME Interests inPolicy-Making; 3.2.3. Consultation of SME Stakeholders; SME Envoy; Common Commencement Dates; Listening to SMEs; In Advance via SME Panels; Retrospectively via the SME Feedback Mechanism; 3.2.4. Decision Making Process.

3.2.5. Implementation of the ""Small Business Act"" for EuropeThe Member States; 3.2.6. SME Performance Review; 3.2.7. SME Test; Regulatory Impact Assessments; Applying the Think Small First Principle in EU Legislation and Programmes; The Commission 'SME Test'; The Mitigating Measures; 3.3. The main Financing Programmes for European SMEs; 3.3.1. The Multiannual Programme for Enterprises and Entrepreneur-ship (MAP); 3.3.2. The Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme 2007-2013 (CIP); 3.3.3. The Enterprise Europe Network.

3.3.4. The Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Techno-logicalDevelopment (7FP)3.4. The EU's Financial Institutions and Their Main Intervention Instruments in Favour of SMEs; 3.4.1. The European Investment Bank (EIB); 3.4.2. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD); 3.4.3. The European Investment Fund (EIF); 3.4.4. Microfinance; 3.4.5. JEREMIE -- Joint European Resources for Micro to Medium Enterprises; 3.4.6. JASMINE -- Joint Action to Support Micro-Finance Institutions in Europe; 4. INCENTIVES FOR SMES IN THE MAIN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.

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