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Chief innovation officers show how to innovate by harnessing greater insights from the crowd

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Richard Wallace |

‘Innovation’ has become an all too common word, with almost everyone in the business world using it to develop a process to develop and transform new ideas into improved business processes, technologies, or services. In the modern economy, innovation has…

Spotlight on Arizona: an innovation ecosystem to support economic growth

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Richard Wallace |

Sometimes labeled ‘Silicon Desert’, the state of Arizona in the USA has seen a tech sector explosion, with multinational companies increasing their profile in the region, supported by a growing entrepreneur and innovation ecosystem. Companies like Apple, GoDaddy and General…

Emerging Indian tech parks show how countries and states are creating their own ‘Silicon Valley’ like ecosystems

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Richard Wallace |

When I first started working in the technology sector in 1985, the ‘Mecca’ for the electronics industry was Silicon Valley in the USA – if you were a new graduate in tech, you would aspire to either working in Silicon…

Middle East and Africa: youth are driving its innovation ecosystems

Posted on February 22, 2014 by Richard Wallace |

A headline that caught my eye this week was in the Huffington Post, ‘Why a War & Shrinking Economy Can’t Stop Syrian Innovation’, and having just returned from Libya, I can see the point of the article. It suggests that…

Global Innovation Week: why creating Silicon-Valley like ecosystems is still an ambition

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Richard Wallace |

At the recent World Economic Forum, Eric Schmidt, chairman of Google, said that, “On a net basis, more jobs were created by small companies and therefore entrepreneurs needed more support, otherwise the situation would get worse.” Hence the growing consensus…

Venture Madness: technology changing economic development

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Richard Wallace |

At the IEDC annual conference in Philadelphia, USA, last October, I participated in a panel entitled, “Transforming Economies: Economic Development 21.0”. The premise of the debate was based on how technology is transforming economic development in the 21st century, with…

India and Brazil tech innovation visions and priorities for 2014

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Richard Wallace |

On the global stage, India and Brazil continue to be markets of interest for businesses looking for growth opportunities, particularly in the tech sector. So it’s always interesting to hear about policy initiatives regarding technology and innovation in those countries. …

Bringing Africa into the global ecosystem

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Richard Wallace |

Africa is a continent where not much is known by the rest of the world about what goes on in technology innovation. If you are asked about innovation in Africa, you might think of the Silicon Cape initiative in South…

A set of tools to nurture your own Silicon Valley

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Richard Wallace |

Around the world, governments are making huge investments in creating their own version of Silicon Valley, in the hope it stimulates innovation-based growth in their economies, and hence generating wealth. This money is often spent in developing ecosystems of science…

India’s tech cities and innovation ecosystems: are they nearly there yet?

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Richard Wallace |

In many places around the world, the topics of innovation, start-up ecosystems and entrepreneurship have become common and fashionable areas of discussion. Almost everyone has debates around how to encourage innovation, how to grow the start-up ecosystem, how entrepreneurship can…