Competence Centre on Composite Indicators and Scoreboards

The current Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) definition is set out in a Recommendation of the Commission adopted on 6th May 2003, which came into effect on the 1st January 2005...

The last decades have witnessed an increased participation of women in politics. Although many have welcomed this achievement, others have expressed their discontent. In extreme cases...

The redesigned Network Readiness Index 2020 (NRI 2020) aims to reflect ICT deployment issue better than the NRI 2016 without losing continuity with previous exercises...

The Networked Readiness Index (NRI) was first published in 2002 by the World Economic Forum as part of the Global Information Technology Report. Over the last two decades...

The JRC was invited to statistically audit the 2023 ICT Development Index developed by The International Telecommunications Union which aims to assess economies on their level of meaningful...

This report investigates Italian cultural events with a focus on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. We analyze a sample of 18 Italian cities and provinces, examining event and attendance statistics...

This paper investigates the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings of 20 leading stock exchange indices by analyzing and aggregating ratings of underlying stocks. ESG ratings are...

This study investigates the extent to which diplomatic relations are related to cross-border merger and acquisition (M&A) activities in the European Union during the years 2001–2019. Implementing a gravity...

About CC-COIN is collaborating with the Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO) on the following work streams. Regional Competitiveness Index Since 2010, the EU Regional...

INNOVA Measure The 'INNOVA Measure' projects support the work of the Directorate-General for Research & Innovation (R&I) of the European Commission by providing better evidence for policy-making. Its overarching...