Despite the ongoing economic crisis, innovation performance in the EU is on the rise. However, the latest report also highlights the growing divide between Member States.
The results come from the European Commission’s Innovation Union Scoreboard 2013, and cover the five-year period 2008-2012.
The scoreboard is compiled using numerous criteria which are broken down into three subcategories: ‘Enablers’, ‘Firm activities’ and ‘Output’. These categories encompass areas such as research, finance and support, technical innovators, high-tech product exports and human resources.
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