Urenio Watch Watch: Innovation ecosystems

Accelerating Innovation In Energy: Insights from Multiple Sectors

How should the energy sector best respond to the threat of climate change? In this introductory chapter to a forthcoming book, Harvard Business School’s Rebecca M. Henderson and Richard G. Newell of Duke University frame the discussion by highlighting the volume’s contributions concerning four particularly innovative sectors of the U.S. economy: agriculture, chemicals, life sciences, and information technology. Continue reading

A world of connections

Social networks are more robust than their critics think, though not every site will prosper, and that social-networking technologies are creating considerable benefits for the businesses that embrace them, whatever their size, according to the Economist special report on social networking. The report contends that this is just the beginning of an exciting new era of global interconnectedness that will spread ideas and innovations around the world faster than ever before. Continue reading