Evaluation of innovation in EU member states: a multi-dimensional approachEvaluation of innovation in EU member states: a multi-dimensional approach Κεφάλαιο σε Βιβλίο Book Chapter 2024-10-302022enIn recent years, the study of innovation systems has received significant attention. Within this framework, the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) was introduced in 2000 in order to provide indicators for monitoring the EU’s progress in high-tech innovation as well as its relation to the progress of its major global competitors. In this study, we employ an alternative evaluation methodology based on the “Benefit of the Doubt” (BoD) variant of data envelopment analysis (DEA). In contrast to the unweighted construction in composite indicators in the EIS, the BoD weighting model takes into account the importance each dimension has for each country, offering significantly different results and, in some cases, favoring some of the lower-EIS performance groups. The question is whether the observed divergences are simply a matter of choice of a mathematical formula or if they serve political and financial expediencies. Also, the role innovation could play in the global scene in the future is one more suggestion for further research.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/1Recent trends in financial engineering: towards more sustainable social impact Androulidaki Eleni Doumpos Michail Δουμπος Μιχαηλ Zopounidis Konstantinos Ζοπουνιδης Κωνσταντινος World Scientific Publishing Innovation High-tech Indicators Europe Data envelopment analysis