Wall Street and the Innovation Index

Mr. Sanjay Dalal of the Creativity and Innovation Driving Business blog has been working on the development of an Innovation Index that tracks the stock market returns of the top innovators in North America. Continue reading…

Regional Innovation Benchmarking

The Blueprint on Regional Innovation Benchmarking shows how to use benchmarking techniques to improve the innovation performance of regions or other geographical entities.

Benchmarking is understood as an improvement process in which a company, organisation or any other (multi-organisational) system carries out three processes: Continue reading…

Strategic Intelligence

This blueprint on Strategic Intelligence and Innovative Clusters is the result of a collaborative project of more than two years in duration which brought together 6 European regions and whose work is at the forefront of cluster policy. Its production was made possible by support from the EU’s Interreg III C programme, which was designed to promote inter-regional cooperation Continue reading…

Intelligent Cities in Saudi Arabia

Four new cities are under development in the western part of Saudi Arabia: King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) in Rabigh, on the coast north of Jeddah, Prince Abdulaziz Bin Mousaed’s Economic City (PABMEC) near Hail, Knowledge Economic City in Al-Madinah (KECM), and Jizan Economic City (JEC). Continue reading…

DIME - Dynamics of Institutions and Market in Europe

DIME (Dynamics of Institutions and Markets in Europe) is a Network of Excellence of social science research units in Europe, sponsored by the 6th Framework Programme working on the economic and social consequences of increasing globalization and the rise of the knowledge economy. Continue reading…

Multimedia Super Corridor

Malaysia’s Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) is focusing on the creation of a high-tech environment and infrastructure that can attract international investors and create a multiplier effect in the Malaysian economy. MSC is part of the Vision 2020 program, Continue reading…

National differences in innovation behaviour

The 3rd Community Innovation Survey reveals significant differences among countries in terms of innovation performance. The paper of Abramosky, Jaumandreu et al. focuses on 4 countries (France, Spain, Germany and UK) and analyses country-specific and sector-specific differences to explain this innovation pattern. Continue reading…

The Secret of Innovation

This is one of the latest articles by James P. Andrew, Hal Sirkin in the Boston Consulting Group publications. Continue reading…

Tech Experts Forecast the Next Wave of Innovation

New Survey by Institute for the Future and IEEE Spectrum suggests impact of science and technology on life in the next 50 Years. More than 700 IEEE Fellows tried to foresee such things better than most, because they have so much to do with bringing them about. Continue reading…

Digital Challenge and Inclusion Network

The Digital Challenge initiative is a competition aimed at UK councils to encourage them to think about issues of social and digital exclusion within communities. According to Digital Challenge and Inclusion Network (DCIN) Content Editor, has been created to support the Digital Challenge initiative. Continue reading…