Blog frogs on the road
By Andrea Bebber - March 31, 2011
The European Union recently published the Innovation Union Scoreboard 2010, a performance assessment of innovation in EU member states. It investigates relative strengths and weaknesses of the research and innovation systems per country along related indicators. The monitored categories cover enablers, firm activities and outputs. “Enablers” investigate the essential ingredients to the activity such as HR, Finance, and Research Systems. “Firm activities” comprise indicators like investments, linkages and entrepreneurship, and intellectual assets. “Outputs” monitor indicators that translate into actual benefits for the entire economy, such as innovators and economic effects. However, member states are clustered into categories like innovation leaders, innovation followers, moderate innovators and modest innovators. A brief look into the results reveals that Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Germany are grouped as innovation leaders. The second cluster indicates innovation followers ranking above EU average, while a third cluster sums up countries that are weak in innovation. Norway is ranked “moderate innovator” performing below the average of the 27 countries monitored.
Blog frogs on the road
By Andrea Bebber - December 23, 2010
frogs leaving the pond to freshen up the daily croak gets them wandering off the beaten path. Aside from social innovation projects and conferences, kicking projects with students and working at universities is most inspirational to frogs. On the treasure hunt for the fresh water, Munich Creative Directors Justin Maguire and Ralph Bremenkamp most recently took the chance to visit the Umeå Institute of Design at Umeå University in Sweden.
Blog frogs on the road
By Kristina Loring - December 10, 2009
