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GIS 2012 Day 2: trust is key to collaboration

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Richard Wallace |

by Nishant Dahad After two days at the Global Innovation Summit, when it comes to talking about how innovation ecosystems can be fostered, a common theme that a number of the speakers have touched on is a sense of collective…

Silicon Valley Summit ponders: can government and big firms hinder innovation?

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Richard Wallace |

by Nishant Dahad The 2012 Global Innovation Summit in San Jose, Calif. began yesterday afternoon, after attracting guests from 40 different countries, with a ‘Keynote Fireside Chat’ on entrepreneurship and innovation as engines of economic growth. The discussion was held…

Where is the next Silicon Valley? China according to latest survey

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Richard Wallace |

As an online magazine that focuses on global innovation, we’re constantly bombarded with innovation news and innovation events around the world. It’s difficult to turn in any direction or attend any event without being told about the benefits and need…

Global collaboration, cross border entrepreneurship: ingredients for growth

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Richard Wallace |

A recent survey among science parks conducted by the IASP suggested that many of them are expanding their activities and sphere of influence beyond their physical boundaries, getting involved in managing other parks within their own region or country, and…

Learning from Silicon Valley

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Richard Wallace |

I’ve just returned from a week in Silicon Valley. As always, I get a lot of inspiration from the way things work and happen in the Valley. It’s appropriate then, that on the day I returned to London, I read…

Creating successful innovation ecosystems – the rainforest analogy

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Richard Wallace |

We seem to hear more and more about innovation being the key to economic growth around the world. And everyone is talking about how to create successful innovation systems. Not only do we have the IASP 2012 event next month…

Science and technology parks: a growing role in a changing global innovation ecosystem

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Richard Wallace |

Science and technology parks are increasingly an important part of the new global technology revolution, aiming to bring together creative entrepreneurial ideas together with the constituents necessary for commercial impact.

How Barcelona becomes Silicon Valley for a few days

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Richard Wallace |

If you want see how to artificially create a ‘Silicon Valley’ like ecosystem, it’s worth taking a look at the factors that all come into play during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, which just took place during the last…

Are innovation clusters local or global?

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Richard Wallace |

Social media has, it seems, taken over the world. Partly as a result of this ‘connectedness’, it is possible in this modern world to collaborate and create businesses more easily across international borders. So are tech hubs and clusters really…

Innovation goes beyond just technology at Davos

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Richard Wallace |

While Facebook’s IPO filing was the major news last week, young technology leaders were also influencing the global economic and political agenda at the World Economic Forum at Davos, including executives from Facebook and other major technology companies. A key…