[eccr] EU innovation performance still needs improving

EU innovation performance still needs improving
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The 2002 European Innovation Scoreboard, published this week by the
European Commission, reveals that the EU's innovation performance is
still lagging behind the US and Japan, despite encouraging trends in
several areas.

Disappointing performance in business R&D investment and high-tech
patenting, already diagnosed in 2001, persists and reinforces concerns
for the future of technology-based innovation in the EU. However, trends
on other indicators do show marked improvements for the EU as a whole
and suggest that it may be catching up with its main global competitors.

The EU has made better progress than Japan in all areas. Performance in
the EU has been improving faster than the US for five out of the eight
comparable indicators and most significantly for home internet access.

The study was carried out by researchers from Maastricht-based MERIT and
is available at: http://trendchart.cordis.lu/Scoreboard2002/index.html

EC press release - December 16, 2002
http://europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh?p_action.gettxt=gt&doc=IP/0
2/1885|0|RAPID&lg=EN&display=

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