Competitiveness

"Virtual research environments are essential components of modern research infrastructures and play a crucial role in the productivity and competitiveness of research" [AG Virtuelle Forschungsumgebungen 2011] (Buddenbohm et al. 2014, p. 7) and "for the competitiveness of Europe as a research center, such research infrastructures of a world-wide nature are central".( http://www.horizont2020.de/einstieg-forschungsinfrastrukturen.htm)