Erkki Liikanen
Erkki Liikanen
Erkki Liikanenis a Finnish social democratic politician and the Governor of the Bank of Finland...
greater higher intensity machinery office research three
For most sectors, R&D (research and development) intensity is higher in the U.S. than in the EU. Most strikingly, in office machinery and computers, research intensity in the U.S. is three times greater than in the EU.
adapt behind companies continued efforts gap ideas increased innovate innovative people successful
This gap underlines the need for continued and increased efforts to restructure, innovate and adapt new technologies. Behind the successful and innovative companies are always people with ideas and a willingness to take risks.
internet year
The year 2000 was the year of real breakthrough of Internet in Europe.
benefit beyond capacity enterprise fairly run unleash
The Internet's capacity to unleash enterprise is beyond question. We must now show that its infrastructure can be run fairly and effectively to the benefit of all its users.