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From Executive Summary:

The EU is facing increasing world competition, in particular at the higher end of global value chains. In 2011, more than 70 % of the world’s knowledge production was taking place outside the EU, and half of the world’s scientists and engineers lived outside the triad1. Since 2008, developed Asian countries have gained increasing shares of global value chain income including income from medium-high and high-tech products.

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To read the original article: DocuBase Article: Innovation Union Competitiveness Report 2013