Brussels, 22/02/2007 (Agence Europe) - For the fourth consecutive year, the innovation gap between the US and the EU has narrowed. The Nordic countries and Switzerland continue to be the innovation leaders worldwide, while many of the new member states are steadily catching up with the EU average. These are some of the main findings of the European Innovation Scoreboard 2006 published by the European Commission on 22 February. The report presents a comparative analysis of the innovation...