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SMEs participating in innovation
cooperation in 2006
Sources European Innovation Scoreboard 2008
5 Resources and Main Actors in the Innovation
Environment
There is no ideal environment for innovation and there is not a single phase, where
the external resources are needed. Innovation needs all kinds of support actions
throughout the whole process starting from basic research and ending to entry of
the market. There are several actors in the innovation environment and the variety
of the different financial and business support is outstanding. Following chart
describes the resources in the Finnish Innovation Environment (European Inno-
vation Scoreboard 2008 ).