Irish SMEs were ranked the best in the EU for innovation because of their strong record of in-house innovation, the fast growth of jobs in the Irish innovation sector and the high growth in knowledge intensive industries.
Gearoid Mooney, Director of Research & Innovation at Enterprise Ireland said:
“We welcome the 2016 EU Innovation Scoreboard results that sees Ireland move up 2 places to Number 6 and sees us top the group of Strong Innovative Countries. We look forward to moving up at least one more place in the coming years and joining the group of Innovation Leader countries. Implementing Innovation 2020 will help address the challenges that underpin that performance. It is particularly pleasing for Enterprise Ireland to see that Ireland leads in the Innovation and Economic Effects categories and that our performance has strengthened from 2015 and that we are the top country for successful applications by SMEs under the programme.”
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