) competitiveness, innovation ?smart growth? in the Lisbon and Euro 2020 strategy seems to have a build in effect toward economic … in the overall economic trends in Europe in a regional context. In addition, in influence of innovation on the …

? Based on data from the regional innovation scoreboard (RIS) is this issue addressed relative to the income level, previous … growth performance and convergence. In the first part of the paper, the innovation performance of the regions is modelled … and weaknesses of the innovation structure in different regions. In addition the issues of returns to scale will be …