Press Release: EU’s innovation performance still needs improvement, but there are encouraging signs for the future

The 2002 European Innovation Scoreboard, published on 16 December 2002 by the European Commission, reveals that the innovation performance of the European Union is still low in comparison with the US and Japan, despite encouraging trends in several areas. The gaps in business R&D investments and high-tech patenting, already diagnosed in 2001, persist and reinforce concerns for the future of technology-based innovation in the EU. For the first time, the scoreboard presents not only the innovation performance of Member States, but also that of the Candidate Countries and the regions.

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