Sweden is the most competitive economy as measured by the European Union Lisbon criteria, followed by Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands, according to the World Economic Forum’s The Lisbon Review 2008.
Leading research institutes have joined forces to expand Europe’s energy research capabilities through sharing national facilities and merging of research programmes.
They both come armed with broad plans to stimulate innovation, but the U.S. presidential hopefuls may face their own funding gap amid the flailing economy.
Forget bank bailouts, investment in innovative sectors like IT, medical devices and biotech will be important in rescuing the US economy. Here’s how John McCain and Barack Obama would apply science and innovation policy to solve the economic crisis.
Despite being the first country in the Eurozone to go into recession, the Irish government said it would maintain funding for Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), with a commitment of Euro 179 million in the 2009 budget.
AstraZeneca subsidiary MedImmune Inc opened a new biologics research and development centre in Cambridge, UK, a major expansion to its base at the former Cambridge Antibody Technology facility.
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