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…
The latest report from Bloomberg provides proof if any was needed of the link between education, research and innovation. The Bloomberg US Innovation Index ranks Massachusetts as the number one…
Technology is now an integral part of everyday life, but it is clear that policy and regulations also need to keep up. We’ve heard many stories how platforms like Airbnb…
Countries around the world continue to look at Silicon Valley as a model for creating their own innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems – or the next Silicon Valley. But less talked…
One of the ongoing challenges of governments and academia internationally is how to boost societal and economic impact from research investment by focusing on commercializing and scaling up research and…
The solid-state Lithium-ion battery startup Sakti3 received a $7 million investment from Beringea through the InvestMichigan! Growth Capital fund. And President Obama thought the technology promising enough that he invited the innovator behind it, Sakti3’s Ann Marie Sastry, to the White House’s first Demo Day this summer. And, legendary Silicon Valley VC Vinod Khosla was so impressed, his firm,…
Last month (September 2015) saw a wave of euphoria about India as the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited and wooed the who’s who of Silicon Valley. He seemed to…
Terms like ‘emerging’ or ‘developing’ economies, and measuring growth using GDP are completely outdated, according to a new study.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…
As is widely accepted nowadays, economic development doesn’t involve initiatives implemented in isolation – it’s all about developing the entire ecosystem of incentives, infrastructure, entrepreneurship and talent. A recent paper…
by Nitin Dahad The term ‘innovation’ has become so common in daily language that it is easy for policymakers to forget what it actually means as it covers so many…