New Innovation Union Scoreboard: main competitors outpace the EU
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
PRESS RELEASE
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ISEC/11/2011
1 February 2011
New Innovation Union Scoreboard: main competitors outpace the EU
The EU is failing to close the innovation performance gap with its main international competitors: the US and Japan, according to a key pan-European report on innovation performance. The report – the Innovation Union Scoreboard 2010 – also indicates that although the trends in most EU Member States are promising despite the economic crisis, progress is not fast enough. While the EU still