Abbreviations and acronyms

ANRT

National Association for Technological Research (France)

BIF

Baltic Institute of Finland

EGF

European Globalisation Adjustment Fund

EPL

Employment Protection Legislation

EU

European Union

GDP

Gross domestic product

GVA

Gross value added

GVCs

Global value chains

ICT

Information and communication technologies

KORUS

U.S.-Korea Trade Agreement

MAR-externalities

Marshall-Arrow-Romer-externalities

MIP

European Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure

NUTS 2/3

EU Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics (level 2/3)

OSHA Act

Outer Space and High-Altitude Activities Act (New Zealand)

POWER

Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (United States)

R&D

Research and development

RTOs

Research and technology organisations

SACI

Society-Academia Collaboration for Innovation (Japan)

SMEs

Small and medium-sized enterprises

TAA

Trade Adjustment Assistance (United States)

TAAF

Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms (United States)

TL2/TL3

OECD Territorial Level 2/3

TREDEA

Tampere Region Economic Development Agency (Finland)

WTO

World Trade Organisation