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Collaborative Innovation
ISPIM, the International Society for Professional Innovation Management organises two important events:
The 1st ISPIM Innovation Symposium – Managing Innovation in a Connected World – will be held in Singapore on 14-17 December 2008. Continue reading
A new guidebook on regional benchmarking was produced by the IRE Secretariat, which provides an overview of the methodologies developed by eight regional innovation policy impact assessment and benchmarking projects carried out during 2005-2008. The projects on which the guidebook is based are ARISE, EMERIPA, EURO-COOP, IASMINE, IMPACTSCAN, INNOWATCH, MERIPA, and OMEN.
Foundation Focus (May 2008) brings some interesting data on globalisation, offshoring and job loses. Based on the European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) research on restructuring trends in Europe during 2003-06, the article argues that offshoring accounted for 10% of cases of restructuring involving job loss (356 out of 3,475 cases in 2003’“6) and 8% of announced job losses. Continue reading
BusinessWeek Special Report on Innovation (April 2008) includes a number of intersting stories about the state of European innovation, Europe’s top inventors, and main innovation drivers. Included is a piece on Europe’s Innovation Hot Spots. European governments are making efforts to propel innovation on the continent by creating competitive clusters’”areas with businesses, research centers, and educational institutions centered around a specific sector. Continue reading
The AMI@Work Family of Communities is a network of specialists representing several organizations involved in collaborative innovation. The communities five key constructing pillars are self-organisation, independence, human centrism, virtual, and voluntary character, Continue reading
The Enterprise Finance Index (EFI) website has been launched by the Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry 27th May 2008. It aims to provide data and trends about the development of access to finance for SMEs in the Member States in a clear and user-friendly manner, and enable policy makers Continue reading
As a result of a severe water shortage in Nevada, officials are promoting dry landscaping or “xeriscaping” to residents. The term comes from the greek word “xeros” which means dry. Xeriscaping is designing with the idea of using less water. Continue reading
