economic growth in the region were not appropriate for a long run growth. Innovation is a key source of competitiveness and a … convergence in terms of GDP and the convergence in terms of innovation for the CEEC. Based on yearly Eurostat data for the period … 1998-2008, we quantify the progress of each of the 10 CEEC both in closing the income gap and the innovation gap. We then …

which in many cases is associated with innovation. To turn from a close center oriented economy to market economy required … requirements of competitiveness and innovation of the United European Market are compulsory, from the point of view of the Romanian … competitors USA and Japan. This is why one of the major concerns of the EU is competitiveness and innovation. …