Sweden is one of the innovation leaders in Europe and scores persistently high on relevant benchmarks such as the European Innovation Scoreboard. It is also a place that attracts talent form around the world and embraces diversity in all its forms. And Sweden, as we found out, at our recent briefing on the Swedish Presidency [...]

I got a great lead from a Euractiv interview with Professor Bengt-Ake Lundvall, an innovation researcher at Aalborg University on HR management as key to innovation for highlighting the importance of the right framework conditions or ‘regional ecologies’ for the European Research Area and for driving Europe’s competitiveness.
My acquaintance with this concept [...]