EUROPEAN INNOVATION SCOREBOARD VS ENTREPRENEURIAL FRAMEWORK CONDITIONS BASED ON THE GEM

Abstract

The leaders in the creation of innovations in European Union countries, taking into
account innovative enterprises, are Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, Ireland, United Kingdom
and Austria. The aim of the article is to answer the question: what is the relation between the
European Innovation Scoreboard and entrepreneurial framework conditions based on the GEM
and additionally innovative enterprises divided into product, process, organizational and
marketing? This article provides a comparative assessment of innovation performance of the
EU Member States in 2016 through the prism of factors determining the level of entrepreneurial
activity based on the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) model of economic development.
The article presents 28 EU countries as leader, strong, moderate and modest countries in
innovations and entrepreneurship