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In its ranking of the level of innovation of 82
countries around the world that was announced recently
by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) of England,
Japan placed first, Switzerland second, and the United
States third. Taiwan is predicted to advance two rungs
from the 2002-2006 ranking to sixth place in 2007-2011;
in Asia the island ranks second, behind only Japan.
The EIU’s ranking was based on the level of
innovation of the 82 countries from 2002 through 2006,
and used socioeconomic statistics, the average number of
patents granted to the different countries, and the
results of an online survey of 485 senior managers
around the world to predict how the level of innovation
of the different countries would change in 2007-2011.
The EIU report shows that in comparison with the other
countries that filled the top 10 places, Taiwan and
Japan did not rank very highly in direct investment and
in environment for research and innovation but Japan led
the world in innovation performance and Taiwan ranked
sixth.
For more information, please visit this website:
http://www.eiuresources.com/mediadir/default.asp?PR=2007051403.
Global Innovation Rankings
|
Country |
2002-2006 Ranking |
2007-2011 Ranking |
Change |
|
Japan |
1 |
1 |
- |
|
Switzerland |
2 |
2 |
- |
|
United States |
3 |
3 |
- |
|
Sweden |
4 |
4 |
- |
|
Finland |
5 |
7 |
-2 |
|
Germany |
6 |
5 |
1 |
|
Denmark |
7 |
9 |
-2 |
|
Taiwan |
8 |
6 |
2 |
|
Holland |
9 |
13 |
-4 |
|
Israel |
10 |
8 |
2 |
|
Austria |
11 |
10 |
1 |
|
France |
12 |
12 |
- |
|
Canada |
13 |
11 |
2 |
|
Belgium |
14 |
15 |
-1 |
|
South Korea |
15 |
17 |
-2 |
Source:
Economist Intelligence Unit; compiled by the Council for
Economic Planning and Development |