It’s time to remove the obstacles to innovation

It’s time to remove the obstacles to innovation - Peter Koekoek 16 December 2010 Science Business
Marion Dewar, responsible for innovation policy in the cabinet of Research Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, sets out the vision for the Innovation Union.

European growth prospects are dimming as governments slash budgets, austerity plans are imposed and Ireland’s busted banks are rescued for a second time. The European Commission’s new innovation strategy could act as a timely antidote, encouraging the creation of new high-growth companies and jobs. But sweeping away existing obstacles to innovation will be hard work.