The XXI ISPIM Conference – The Dynamics of Innovation – will be held in Bilbao, Spain on 6-9 June 2010. Organised by ISPIM and hosted by Innobasque, Continue reading
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The UK’s Royal Society has recently published the findings of a major study on the role of science in services sector innovation. Entitled “Hidden Wealth: the contribution of science to service sector innovation”, the report highlights the wider significance of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to the services sector, which makes up around three quarters of the UK economy. Continue reading
The analysis of the progress achieved in recent years shows that the EU has rightly identified
innovation as a key driver for a prosperous future. However, making the EU a vibrant space
for innovation requires continuous attention and calls for a better exploitation of the potential Continue reading
The Future of Innovation is a collaborative project where over 350 leading thinkers from business, government, consulting and academia from around the globe share their thoughts, experiences, visions, concerns, and passions around The Future of Innovation, providing with insights into tomorrow’ s innovation agenda. Continue reading
Alexander Kandybin, Surbhee Grover, and Nami Soejima of Booz & Company write about an alternative product launch strategy that they call in-market innovation. This strategy recommends putting out new products in large volume and letting the marketplace ‘” not focus groups ‘” separate winners from losers. Continue reading
The recent book of Ikujiro Nonaka, Florian Kohlbacher, Toru Hirata, and Ryoko Toyama (Palgrave 2008) expands the theory of the knowledge creating company (Nonaka, I., and Tacheuchi, H. (1995), The Knowledge Creating Company, Oxford University Press), covering six essential building blocks of knowledge creation within companies, Continue reading
Four reports on the globalisation of R&D and innovation based on the top 1000 R&D spending companies reveal the hidden dynamics and changing geography of contemporary innovation. Continue reading