"During the analysis we sometimes use the country classification according to the 2008 European Innovation Scoreboard2 (and consistently provide all results in the frequency tables in the Annex), as follows:
- - “Innovation leaders”: Denmark, Finland, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK
- - “Innovation followers”: Austria, Belgium, France, Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
- - “Moderate innovators”: Cyprus, Estonia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Greece, Italy, Norway, Portugal and Spain
- -“Catching-up countries”: Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania and Slovakia."
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
- Eurobarometer - Innobarometer: Analytical Report conducted by the Gallup Organization upon the request of DG Enterprize and Industry:
http://www.proinno-europe.eu/admin/uploaded_documents/Innobarometer_2009.pdf