European Consortium for Sustainable Industrial Policy (ECSIP) – EU Sectoral Competitiveness Studies

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In 2012 Ifo launched together with ECORYS (Netherlands), IDEA Consult (Belgium), Cambridge Econometrics (England), Danish Technological Institute (Denmark), WIIW (Austria) and Euromonitor (England) a European consortium for sustainable industry policy to execute sectoral competitiveness studies, the European Competitiveness and Sustainable Industrial Policy Consortium (ECSIP). The European Commission concluded a framework contract to the consortium, which covers a time period of four years, after a successful open tendering procedure. The assessment of sectoral competitiveness lays the foundation for further economic analysis. It is envisaged to identify explaining factors. Moreover, the long-term perspectives for the European industries have to be revealed and measures for strengthening the competitiveness shall be recommended. The framework contract is a follow-up contract of a previous framework contract with the European Commission during the period 2007 – 2011 additionally including two more institutes.

Publications on the project

Koenen, Johannes, Robert Stehrer, Julia Schricker, Thomas Strobel, Hans-Günther Vieweg and et al., Study on the relation between industry and services in terms of productivity and value creation, Framework contract “Industrial Competitiveness and Market Performance”, ECSIP consortium, European Commission, Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry, Wien, 2014 

Orhan, Gülsüm, Michael Reinhard, Thomas Strobel, Hans-Günther Vieweg and et al., Study on the competitiveness of the electrical and electronic engineering industry, Framework contract “Industrial Competitiveness and Market Performance”, ECSIP consortium, European Commission, Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry, 2013 

Strobel, Thomas, Janne Sylvest, Els Vande Velde and et al., Study on the international market distortion in the area of KETs: A case analysis, Framework contract “Industrial Competitiveness and Market Performance”, ECSIP consortium, European Commission, Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry, 2013