Prof. Philippe Gugler presented the two studies conducted by the Center for Competitiveness on the economic performance of the canton of Fribourg and on the bioeconomy

Prof. Philippe Gugler presented the two recent studies of the Center for Competitiveness 7 at the Entrepreneurial Discovery Workshop (EDW) in July 201 organized by Jacques Bersier and his team (hefr) in Fribourg (1) report on the economic performance of the canton of Fribourg co-written with Damiano Lepori and Mathieu Resbeut, 2) report on the status of cluster development with a focus on bioeconomy in the canton of Fribourg co-written with Julien Bliesener.).

The workshop brought together the cantonal Minister of Economic Affairs, Olivier Curty, local firms (Nespresso, Micarna, Cremo, (...)), cluster managers, innovation centers and institution managers, cantonal authorities, (...). The participants discussed opportunities and challenges for new value chains and transformative activities to be developed in the field of bioeconomy based on the existing capacities and resources in the canton of Fribourg.

The Center for Competitiveness published a report on the status of cluster development with a focus on Bioeconomy in the canton of Fribourg (June 2017)

The report, ordered by the Interreg-Alpine project, focuses on the status of cluster development in the canton of Fribourg with an in-depth analysis of the potential offered by the bioeconomy (Gugler, P., Bliesener, J. (2017). Regional Status Report, "Status of cluster development with focus on Bioeconomy": Canton of Fribourg (Switzerland). Center for Competitiveness, University of Fribourg).

The Center for Competitiveness released a report on the economic performance of the canton of Fribourg (June 2017)

The report, ordered by the Interreg-Alpine Space project, concentrates on the analysis 1) of the economic performance, 2) of the structure, and 3) of the comparative advantages of the Canton of Fribourg (Gugler, P., Lepori, D., Resbeut, M. (2017). Economic Performance , Structure and Comparative Advantages of the Canton of Fribourg (CH).   Center for Competitiveness, University of Fribourg) .