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Knowledge Based Economy and Global Competitiveness. The economy is becoming more and more knowledge based and globalThe European Union has set the goal to become the world's most dynamic knowledge based economyThis makes R
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1. The Swedish Experience Brics-workshop
Aalborg 13th Feb 2006
Dr Per Eriksson,
Director General VINNOVA
Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems
2. Knowledge Based Economy and Global Competitiveness
The economy is becoming more and more knowledge based and global
The European Union has set the goal to become the world's most dynamic knowledge based economy
This makes R&D very important, but R&D has to be strongly linked to business need, need-driven R&D
Socially sustainable growth is very important in Sweden
3. R&D expenditure in relation to GDP 2001