Press Release: The innovation gap with the US keeps narrowing

For the fourth consecutive year, the innovation gap between the US and the EU has decreased. The Nordic countries and Switzerland continue to be the innovation leaders worldwide, while many of the new Member States are steadily catching up with the EU average. These are some of the main findings of the European Innovation Scoreboard 2006, published on 22 February 2007. The report presents a comparative analysis of the innovation performance of European countries, the US and Japan.