Crowdfunding is the new seed funding for innovation
Crowdfunding is not necessarily new (remember the story behind the Statue of Liberty), but what it is doing in the modern age is funding an unprecedented global wave of innovation.…
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The Global Bloomberg TMT brief
Here we present a very tiny snapshot of the comprehensive daily Bloomberg TMT briefs from Chris Lowe, the company’s global technology, media and telco specialist. In his daily brief he…
The case for ‘innovation altruism’ – Europe leads in global impact on innovation
More innovation will be the determining factor in achieving greater progress. Countries’ economic and trade policies can either help or hurt global innovation. For example, policies such as robust investment…
IoT predictions for 2016
Whether you are in the technology industry or not, the subject of the ‘internet of things’, or IoT, comes up a lot. It’s no surprise, given that more and more…
IBM and Samsung are most innovative US companies
The top 50 US patent recipients in 2015 lists IBM and Samsung as the companies receiving the highest number of patents during the year, with Cannon coming in at third…
South Korea and USA explore automation tech collaboration
South Korea makes up less than one percent of the world’s population, yet this inventive country’s list of accolades is remarkable, with a number one ranking in Bloomberg’s Global Innovation…
Economic development needs new terminology and metrics
Terms like ‘emerging’ or ‘developing’ economies, and measuring growth using GDP are completely outdated, according to a new study. It suggests that excessive dependence on macroeconomic data can be damaging…
USA millennial entrepreneurs lead WEF Technology Pioneers 2015
by Nitin Dahad The latest report from the World Economic Forum says the USA still leads the list of its annual Technology Pioneers list, due largely to its entrepreneurs with…
Global FDI declines, but USA still attracts strong investment
by Nitin Dahad Regional and economic development agencies nowadays are very proactive in the measures they take to create their own Silicon Valley like ecosystems, so that they can attract…
Indian tech innovation: hardware still poor second to software
by Nitin Dahad I’ve just spent a week in India talking to several hundred people in the electronics system design, manufacturing and components sector at two annual conferences for India:…