..but Sweden leads the way
8. februar 2012, 16:24 – opdateret 8. februar 2012, 16:32
The Innovation Union Scoreboard for 2011 ranks Denmark no.2 in research and innovation, behind Sweden The Scoreboard, based on innovation indicators and trend analyses for the EU27 Member States, as well as for Croatia, Iceland, Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland and Turkey, places countries in 4 groups:
• Innovation leaders: Denmark, Finland, Germany, Sweden all show a performance well above that of the EU27 average.
• Innovation followers: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Slovenia and the UK all show a performance close to that of the EU27 average.
• Moderate innovators: The performance of Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain is below that of the EU27 average.
• Modest innovators: The performance of Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania and Romania is well below that of the EU27 average.
