European paradox
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editCoined in a European Commission Green Paper in 1995.
Proper noun
edit- The perceived failure of European countries to translate scientific advances into marketable innovations.
- 2006, Maurice Kogan, Transforming Higher Education[1], →ISBN, page 174:
- "... the research policy paradigm was already well embedded in a competitiveness/innovation oriented understanding and an understanding of the so-called European paradox, that is, the conjecture that EU member states play a leading global role in terms of top-level scientific output, but lag behind in the ability of converting this strength into wealth-generating innovations."