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CIRCLE REPORT SERIES
CIRCLE (Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the Learning Economy) is a
multidisciplinary research centre set off by several faculties at Lund University and Blekinge Institute of
Technology; it is funded by the LINNAEUS Grant from the Swedish Research Council and VINNOVA,
Sweden’s Innovation Agency. CIRCLE has a mandate to conduct multidisciplinary research and
education on the following issues: Long-term perspectives on innovation, structural change and
economic growth, Entrepreneurship and venture capital formation with a special focus on new
ventures. The dynamics of R&D systems and technological systems, including their impact on
entrepreneurship and growth, Regional innovation systems in different national and international
contexts and International comparative analyses of national innovation systems. Special emphasis is
done on innovation policies and research policies. 15 nationalities are represented among the CIRCLE
staff.
The CIRCLE Report Series is intended to be an instrument for the dissemination of reports produced by
CIRCLE researchers as a result of their participation in different research projects or commissioned
research. They target a wider audience including academics, funding organizations, policy makers or
society in general. The reports included in the CIRCLE Report Series include policy reports but also final
reports presenting the main research findings of a project or a specific activity within a project.
They are of a different nature than journal articles and thus require a different outlet than our CIRCLE
Electronic Working Papers Series. Although some reports may be in Swedish all reports include an
executive summary in English.
CIRCLE REPORTS are available on-line at: http://www.circle.lu.se/publications
Available reports:
2012
Report 2012/05
The Start of Regional Co-investment Funds: the Mission and Lessons Learnt
Sofia Avdeitchikova, Göran Brulin, Matilda Jonung and Ingrid Rydell
Report 2012/04
Knowledge-intensive Entrepreneurship, National Systems of Innovation and European Varieties of
Capitalism: A Conceptual Framework
Charles Edquist and Jon Mikel Zabala