http://blog.euroscience.org/en/blog/welcome-to-the-euroscientist-246/joao-caraca,5134/en<p>At the end of the 1990s Europe was voicing worries about the widening of the gap in performance with respect to the U.S. By then, the notion that the knowledge-based economy was the central factor of growth, competitiveness and employment, was established. And the admission that research and innovation were at the core of the new economy prompted the need to define a new strategy towards the future...</p> <p><img lang="en" src="http://blog.euroscience.org/publicmedia/formatted/512/3/en/Figure%20for%20Joao%27s%20article;maxh=253,maxw=343,h=521,w=704.jpg" alt="Figure for Joao's article" style="width: 343px; height: 253px;" xml:lang="en" change:id="media-5123" /></p>http://blog.euroscience.org/en/blog/welcome-to-the-euroscientist-246/targets-for-r-d-what-does-3-mean,5136.htmlWed, 07 Oct 2009 22:00:00 GMT