— Leland Teschler, Editor  But there may not be much innovative
technology to see, at least not if European funding of research
and development is any indication. Europe just doesn't spend as
much on research as we do in the States. Whether you look at
amounts spent on total research and development, percapita
spending on R&D, or research efforts as a percent of GDP,
Americans outspend the French, Germans, and Italians. The number
of researchers relative to the size of the workforce is also
higher in the U.S. America even has a higher "market share" of
Nobel laureates.  Aside from notable exceptions such as CERN in
Switzerland, European establishments have fallen behind in
cutting-edge research and in high-tech work. No wonder, then,
that the production of high-tech goods continues to grow at a
much greater rate in the U.S. than in France, Germany, and
Italy. In fact, some observers go so far as to say that Europe
is slowly falling out of the major league when it comes to
technology. Since 1997, for example,