The supply of start-up and early-stage equity finance is becoming more dependent on business angels, wealthy individual investors. The reasons for this include changes in the banking sector, which have made lending to small enterprises unattractive for banks due to low margins and high overhead...

The Regional Innovation Scoreboard (RIS) provides a comparative assessment of how European regions perform with regard to innovation. The report covers 190 regions across the European Union, Norway and Switzerland. The Regional Innovation Scoreboard is based on the methodology of the Innovation...

The annual Innovation Union Scoreboard provides a comparative assessment of the research and innovation performance of the EU Member States and the relative strengths and weaknesses of their research and innovation systems. It helps Member States assess areas in which they need to concentrate...

The Regional Innovation Scoreboard provides a comparative assessment of how European regions perform with regard to innovation. The report covers 190 regions across the European Union, Croatia, Norway and Switzerland. The Regional Innovation Scoreboard is based on the methodology of the...

Since 2001 the European Innovation Scoreboard has been providing an annual assessment of innovation performance across the EU. The 2009 report follows the methodology established in 2008, with a revised set of indicators which better recognise the importance of service sectors, non-technological...