Knowledge valorization and the European Paradox: a case study

Abstract

In this paper, data from the 2014 Innovation Union Scoreboard for Portugal is used to illustrate the actuality of the European Paradox and the need for policies to reinforce the downstream activities in the knowledge valorisation chain, if European Union (EU) Member States want to enforce the policy strategy stated in the Lisbon agenda in which the EU “set itself a new strategic goal for the next decade: to become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world, capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion”.