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Information regarding several papers discussed at the "Europe 2020 - A European Strategy for Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth" forum held in Brussels, Belgium on March 3, 2010 is presented. Topics include the research and innovation strategy which is part of the Europe 2020 strategy and measuring innovation through investments in research and development (R&D). The forum featured several contributors including Knut Blind, Luke Georghiou, and Mathias Dewartripont.

Policymakers in the EU member states are currently shaping rescue packages to prevent the financial crisis hitting their economies with unmitigated force. Each government is responding to the emerging problems with a country-specific set of measures. Given the global nature of the crisis, would coordinated action at the European level not be a better approach? Was the German government — much-criticised for its initial reluctance to adopt massive fiscal stimulation measures — right after all to exploit the option value of waiting in a situation of high uncertainty? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]