The document discusses Eastern Europe, which comprises 22 countries. It notes that some Eastern European countries are emerging markets and 10 are EU member states, providing investors access to the European Single Market. It states that investments in education, research and innovation are needed for Eastern European countries to access higher levels of innovation as defined by the Global Competitiveness Index.

1.  Monica Somandroiu
How can one University of Bucharest,
Faculty of Philosophy
prevent a drop Romania
of water from
ever drying  Elena Ghioc (team creator)
up?
Academy of Economic
Studies,
Faculty of International
Business and Economics
Romania

2.
Leveraging Est European
Eastern Europe characteristics
Competitiveness through
innovation Eastern European region comprises 22
countries:
Albania, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia,
Hungary, Kosovo, Lithuania, Latvia,
Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland,
Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Turkey, Ukraine.
 These countries are at different stages in
their development and therefore
different
 Some are emerging markets .
10 of these countries are EU member
states bringing investors the considerable
advantage of access to the European Single
Market.

3.  investments in education, research
and innovation in order to access a
higher level of the innovation-driven
stage as defined in the Global
Competitiveness Index.