European Innovation Scoreboard 2006

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF INNOVATION PERFORMANCE

The 2006 version is the sixth edition of the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS). The EIS is the instrument developed by the European Commission, under the Lisbon Strategy, to evaluate and compare the innovation performance of the EU Member States. The EIS 2006 includes innovation indicators and trend analyses for the EU25 1 Member States, plus the two new Member States: Bulgaria and Romania, as well as for Croatia, Turkey, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, the US and Japan. The Annex includes tables with definitions as well as comprehensive data sheets for every country. The EIS report and its annexes, accompanying thematic papers and the indicators’ database are available on this website.

Download the full report of the European Innovation Scoreboard 2006.
Further details are also available in a European Commission memo and in the accompanying press release on the publication of the EIS 2006.

1 At the time of data compilation and writing this report, Bulgaria and Romania were still not Members of the European Union.

The views expressed in this report, as well as the information included in it, do not necessarily reflect the opinion or position of the European Commission and in no way commit the institution.

The EIS 2006 is accompanied by several papers. These papers report on ongoing research under the Trend Chart and offer information that is complementary to the European Innovation Scoreboard.

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