The European Commission has recently released a report with the 2016 results of the European Innovation Scoreboard, the Regional Innovation Scoreboard and the Innobarometer. According to this report, Sweden is once more the EU innovation leader, followed by Denmark, Finland, Germany and the Netherlands. Regarding the fastest growing innovators, these are Latvia, Malta, Lithuania, the Netherlands and the UK. The report highlights that the key driver of becoming an innovation leader is to adopt a balanced innovation system combining an appropriate level of public and private investment, effective innovation partnerships among companies and with academia, as well as a strong educational basis and excellent research.
Source: http://europa.eu/