"European paradox" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2006, Maurice Kogan, Transforming Higher Education, page 174",
          "text": "... the research policy paradigm was already well embedded in a competitiveness/innovation oriented understanding and an understanding of the so-called European paradox, that is, the conjecture that EU member states play a leading global role in terms of top-level scientific output, but lag behind in the ability of converting this strength into wealth-generating innovations.",
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        "The perceived failure of European countries to translate scientific advances into marketable innovations."
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  "word": "European paradox"
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          "ref": "2006, Maurice Kogan, Transforming Higher Education, page 174",
          "text": "... the research policy paradigm was already well embedded in a competitiveness/innovation oriented understanding and an understanding of the so-called European paradox, that is, the conjecture that EU member states play a leading global role in terms of top-level scientific output, but lag behind in the ability of converting this strength into wealth-generating innovations.",
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        "The perceived failure of European countries to translate scientific advances into marketable innovations."
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    {
      "word": "European Paradox"
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  "word": "European paradox"
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