ABSTRACT

Research and Innovation (Maurizio Sombrero)

The European Council of Lisbon considers the UE Countries' improvement in being qualified to give raise to Research and Innovation as a chief factor in order to create economic competitiveness. Nevertheless, after four years, situation at European level is still quite difficult, especially for Italy. The article contemplates a survey from EIS (European Innovation Scoreboard): all the information collected show a small group of European Countries that are remarkably competitive, with regard to Innovation (among them Germany, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and United Kingdom). As regards Italy, the most important thing to be worried about concerns private Companies and their investment in Research and Development: the result is that this investment is below European average of about 60%, while the investment in high technology is below of 20%.
Furthermore, in order to face these challenges, Italian private Companies are not able to get skilled human resources, since people graduated in scientific and economic doctrines are considerably below (45%) European average.