TrendChart Innovation Policy In Europe

TrendChart Innovation Policy In Europe:

"The European Innovation Scoreboard 2005 comes with a strengthened methodology and a revised list of 26 indicators. It confirms that Sweden , Finland and Switzerland are the European innovation leaders, followed by Germany and Denmark . Most of the new member States are engaged in the catching up process, however following a low rhythm that will not allow for short-term convergence in Europe . In addition, would trends for the 25 Member States remain stable, the gap with the US will not close within the next 50 years.

The EIS 2005 comes with a new analysis of innovation efficiency, capturing how countries are good at transforming their innovation assets into innovation results (Innovation inputs and outputs) . Switzerland , Denmark , Germany , Ireland , Italy or the Netherlands are especially high performers in this respect. One possible explanation of their success is that most of them benefit from an above average innovation demand from their population, as measured by the Innobarometer 2005 (Innobarometer 2005 – Innovation readiness in Europe)."