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Fig. 8. Global Innovation Scoreboard (selected countries)
Source: European Innovation Scoreboard 2008. Comparative Analysis of Innovation Performance. Innometrics,
January 2009, p. 28.
Even more pessimistic is Poland’s performance in global terms. Poland appears
in a bad light in the results published in the Global Innovation Scoreboard
(GIS), which compares European Union countries with other strong economies
46 . According to the Global Summary Innovation Index – GSII) 47 , Poland belongs
to the group of lagging countries rating eighth from the bottom – see
Fig. 8.
Summarising, we can note that Poland’s innovation performance is low
compared to EU countries and selected countries worldwide. In the long-term
perspective, Poland’s performance affects the competitiveness of the Polish
economy in the European and global markets. Therefore, it is important for the
government to undertake relevant measures to support, above all, the research
and development activities and innovation potential of the private sector.
46 Argentina, Brazil, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Canada, South Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Republic
of South Africa, Singapore and the United States.
47 SII comprises 25 indicators, whereas GSII provides only 12 indicators.
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