TY - JOUR PY - 2006 SN - 1972-4918 T1 - L'attività di ricerca e sviluppo delle imprese e il sostegno pubblico: il caso italiano JO - STUDI ECONOMICI DA - 7/15/2007 12:00:00 AM DO - UR - http://www.francoangeli.it/Riviste/Scheda_rivista.aspx?idArticolo=30639 AU - Antonelli, Maria Alessandra SP - 59 EP - 79 IS - 90 VL - LXI LA - IT AB - Firms’ Research and Development Activity and the Public Support: The Italian Case ABSTRACT: In the Lisbon strategy, Member States committed to making structural reforms to their economies. Within this context, the European Council called for R&D investment to approach 3% of GDP by 2010, of which 2% should come from the private sector. At the moment, in Italy R&D investment represents 1,2% of GDP, of which about 50% comes from the private sector. The Financial Law 2007 modifies the italian support system to R&D introducing tax credit for R&S in the period 2007-2009. The paper analyzes the effects of this tax credit. In particular, we calculate that at 2009 private investment in R&D approach to 0,88% of GDP. Therefore, it is necessary to go one step further. PB - FrancoAngeli ER -