La ricerca pedagogica a supporto dell’innovazione nell’impresa sociale: le opportunità offerte dal credito di imposta per attività di ricerca e sviluppo

Through the creation of Horizon 2020, Europe is embracing the need to create a moreconnected and functioning relationship between government, business and HEIs inorder to increase employment, productivity and social cohesion. Outcomes attributed tosuccessful University-Business Cooperation include: improving the competitiveness ofbusiness; increasing the relevance and level of innovation of research; creating jobs;stimulating economic growth; providing concrete answers to citizens’ needs.Within the European framework, the 2015 Finance Law and its subsequent amendmentshave introduced tax incentives for Research & Development. This is evidently an originaland unique opportunity for companies and universities. Pedagogical research can alsoseize this opportunity, provided that it adopts a practical approach, centred on the needsof the company and not on the priorities of academic research.