Explore project D1.1: Report on the innovation domains to be dealt in the EXPLORE project

This report aims at identifying the innovation domains to be dealt in the Explore project. Thus, these innovation domains will set the categories under which the exploitable research results will be classified and transferred to the target manufacturing sectors. In this respect, it identifies and describes the main innovation domains that are derived on the one hand from the characterization of the European regions involved in the Explore project and on the other, from the main innovation challenges and needs for the selected sectors within the manufacturing industry. As it can be observed in the following map, the targeted Explore regions belong to different innovation performance groups. Therefore, the project will work with a sample of the four different categories of regions with regards to innovation performance.