We are missing the vital link of `independent´ invention and idea
In launching its new innovation strategy, the EU has high hopes for helping European industry take back its technology edge and lay the foundations it will need to keep its economy competitive in the face of growing challenges from the Far East.
But even Martin Schuurmans, chairman of the newly-formed European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), admits it will be a tall order.
“Many of our competitors – China and the United Sates – are moving more quickly than we are,” he warns. “I am not pessimistic but we need to speed up, speed up, speed up.”
