The GII is compiled by French business school INSEAD and uses an average score from a country's innovation-fostering environment – assessed through institutions, infrastructure and general business climate – and a measurement of actual scientific and creative results.
Apart from Switzerland, five EU member states took top-ten positions: Sweden followed Switzerland in second place, Finland and Denmark came fifth and sixth respectively, whilst the Netherlands and United Kingdom came ninth and tenth.
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