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Innovation

The 2006 Product Design Awards

Sponsored by BusinessWeek and judged independently by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), the 2006 Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEAs) is one of the most important of its kind. Continue reading…

Great Ideas Worth Spreading

TED and BMW announced that they teamed up to provide free video and audio podcast series of the best talks delivered at the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Conference. Once a year, 1000 people are invited to the TED Conference in Monterey, California, to exchange something of incalculable value: their ideas. Continue reading…

Base innovation stagnation combat on 10 global trends

In her latest article Stephanie N. Mehta, FORTUNE senior writer on June 29 2006 is referring to Diana Farrell, director of McKinsey Global Institute, McKinsey & Co,’s economic think tank. Continue reading…

Innovation lessons from new IT trends

While I was reading the last article by Ephraim Schwartz, InfoWorld on ecommercetimes.com, and combining it with Kathy Sierra new proposed discussion on the best model of innovation, I have been wondering how those two main streams can be connected or related? Continue reading…

How Globalization is Driving the Future of Business

MIT 2006 Innovations in Management conference showcases MIT Sloan School of Management faculty research that has a direct bearing on the innovation process and its implications for corporate performance. Continue reading…

Global Innovation Networks

Innovation has become increasingly global, and over 75% of new research and development (R&D) sites planned over the next three years will be established in China and India, according to a recent survey on global R&D networks jointly conducted by INSEAD and Booz Allen Hamilton. Continue reading…

EU Competitiveness and Innovation Programme

The European Parliament has adopted the first “Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme” (CIP). Between 2007 and 2013, some 350,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will receive € 3.6 billion in EU support to invest in all forms of innovation and growth. Continue reading…

Globalization of Innovation Symposium

“Symposium on the “Globalization of Innovation: Industry Trends and Professional Workforce Implications” sponsored by the Board on Science, Technology and Economy Policy of the U.S. National Academies took place on April 21, 2006 at Washington DC. Continue reading…

The WIRED Rave Awards

WIRED MagazineOn May 16 WIRED Magazine announced the winners of the seventh annual WIRED Rave Awards, honouring leading innovators in 16 categories. It is the magazine’s annual salute to the “People Changing Your Mind”, rebels and revolutionaries shaping the Wired world. Continue reading…

SUPER – SME

SUPER-SME LogoThe SUPER-SME (SUpporting Potential and Existing Research intensive SMEs) project aims to contribute to the objective of raising the intensity of research expenditure and activity of enterprises in the participating regions through a mix of activities. Continue reading…