Starting an innovative business in France looks pretty easy, thanks to pro-innovation policies. The network of public structures supporting innovation is very dense. It is comparable to that of countries that are recognized as the most innovative in the world. Moreover, the quality of academic research and elite levels of education are high.
So why is France hardly seen as a benchmark for innovation in the international rankings? For example, INSEAD Global Innovation Index for 2008-2009 ranks France only 22nd out of 132 countries. We wanted to know how such a paradox could happen. First, we have analyzed briefly how most innovation indexes were designed and tried to understand their scope. Behind this analysis, our goal has been to identify if these indexes are covering comprehensively what innovation means and what can nurture it at a country level.
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