What is the future of innovation-driven growth?” Two driving waves of innovation are identified, although it is also emphasized that their effects will take time to materialize.
15 European countries are in the top 25. For Spain, the performance gap with the EU is getting bigger…
The objective is to convey the need and urgency of innovation in all organizations and in all areas.
The thesis is that innovation is key to improving the macro and micro economy, and that in times of crisis, the most innovative companies and territories do better.
The existence of barriers to innovation slows down economic and social development in the areas in which we operate.
Accelerated and abrupt changes such as the current crisis caused by Covid-19 have further catalyzed the urgency of innovation and its necessary financing.
For emergency innovation we must accelerate the management of our innovation projects, reviewed and selected on the one hand, and extend the critical mass of innovative projects and companies in our environment.
Summary of the main observations and conclusions of the Global Innovation Index Report GII 2020 dedicated this year to the monographic topic of “Who will finance the Innovation” in the crisis generated by Covid19.
The analyzes presented allow us to have a global vision of the subject and extract some trends.
The publication of the next Global Innovation Index report, 2020, has been announced.
This year’s GII is dedicated to the theme: “Who will finance innovation?” and will be available for download from September 2. The report analyzes the state of innovation financing around the world, also in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic
European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS 2020). The latest edition with the 2019 data was published by the European Commission on June 23, 2020. In the midst of a crisis due to the consequences of Covid-19. It is the first time that the United Kingdom is not included as an EU country and Portugal joins for the first time in the group of “strongly innovative” members.
The Regional Innovation Scoreboard (RIS) is a regional extension of the EIS, which assesses the performance of innovation in the regions.
A trend in innovation is grouping into territories and countries most innovators.
Basque Contry is the spanish community with the highest innovation rate but ranks in position 132 of 238 regions.
The European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) is a well-established tool for measuring results in innovation, developed by the European Commission and with the aim of providing a comparative analysis of the performance of innovation in EU countries, neighbouring and other countries.
This website has referred to these reports, with some summaries, since 2014.
The European Commission published in June the 2019 edition of the EIS.
Low salaries and innovation are incompatible in both companies and regional and country economic models. A reconsideration of the models and strategy would be necessary.
I was struck by a comment by Ricard Santomà [1], a few weeks ago, in a media:
“If you want to be a mediocre tourist destination, keep mediocre salaries”
The results of the European Innovation Scoreboard, (EIS) 2017 are presented with a revised system of measures and indicators. Therefore, the results and rankings are not directly comparable with previous editions. However, time series that use the new measurement system allow the results to be shown over time.
Results of the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) 2016:
Spain is ranked at 20 of the 28 members of the EU in the last index of innovation performance in Europe and walks away, year after year, to reach the European average. Innovation in Spain continues to decline.
Despite the official propaganda, often reinforced by the media, innovation in Spain continues its fall and it seems that not even an awareness of it is encouraged.
Results IUS 2015, Innovation Union Scoreboard…
In the 2015 report, Spain is placed with an index of 0.385, 30.6% below the European average (0.555) and 47.8% below the leaders (0.738).
If companies in this environment want to innovate, they envisage still more difficulties. If we agree barriers to innovation come from individuals, from the own organization and the environment, in the case of Spain, this environment is not eliminating external barriers but on the contrary, are increasing.
There is a broad consensus that internationalization and innovation are key to the survival and growth of enterprises.
