The article deals with analysis of the factors influencing innovation performance in new EU member countries … between technology and economy, which are reflected in and supported by formation of the international databases on innovation … as well as the regulatory policies in the fields of science, technology and innovation. Making use of the concept of …

Slovakia ranked to the poorest innovation performers in the EU 25 area in early 2000s. While the country's economics … assembly line" in Europe, with little own innovation efforts employed in production. Poor innovation performance of Slovakia … was given by an ineffective national innovation system and inadequate innovation policies. Substantial increases in R …

innovation is related to the competitive market structure. We arrived at the same conclusion when innovation was measured by …