Issue (WIWE) status: Submitted, Unpublished

Wild Card's progress: Nominated

This Wild Card came from: 
European Research Area (ERA) dimensions

The theme/scheme related to this Wild Card: 
International S&T Cooperation

The source of this Wild Card: 
http://cordis.orgropa.org/erawatch/index.cfm?fuseaction=reports.home- report

Likelihood timeframe and scenario features : 
now-2025

Wild Card's description: 

Manufacturing still accounts for about 80% of total BERD and researcher numbers, making it the core of the EU's private sector research – manufacturing R&D also remained fairly stable during the recent economic downturn, which shows the commitment of business to R&D. However, increasing globalisation and the fact that most manufacturing is performed by large companies (as compared with the more fragmented service sector) increases the risk of outsourcing R&D to emerging markets outside the EU.