Información en la empresa para innovar y competir.

Although innovation is a key factor for the survival of enterprises, the level of innovation in Spain is still far from the objectives set by the Lisbon Strategy. As a consequence, Spanish administrations have launched various measures to improve it. Innovation requires acquiring and selecting the best information available, which means mainly using scientific and technical databases, but these are little known in the business world. The article gives a brief overview of the use of information for innovation in enterprises and comments on the main findings of the 2008 Cotec Report. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]