Autor: Consultoria de Investimentos
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Banco Mundial: Abertura comercial tiraria 6 milhões da pobreza no país
BRASÍLIA – Uma aceleração na abertura comercial poderia tirar 6 milhões de pessoas da pobreza no Brasil, aponta o Banco Mundial. De acordo com a instituição, um movimento de diminuição unilateral de tarifas teria como efeito a elevação dos níveis de emprego de forma permanente no país. As conclusões estão no relatório “Emprego e Crescimento –…
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BNDES deveria se concentrar em estimular a inovação, indica estudo
A fim de resgatar o papel de indutor do desenvolvimento, o BNDES deveria reformular sua política de crédito partindo de quatro metas: incentivo à inovação, aumento da produtividade, da competitividade e da inserção internacional das empresas brasileiras, sobretudo as pequenas e médias. A proposição é de João Furtado, doutor em Economia pela Universidade Paris…
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Walmart estuda venda ‘fatiada’ das operações
O empresário Dimitrios Markakis, sócio da Dicico, conversa com o grupo para ficar com as lojas paulistas, apurou o Valor O Walmart considera a hipótese de venda “fatiada” das operações no país. Há interessados nos negócios no Estado de São Paulo e na região Sul, separadamente, e contatos iniciais para essa negociação já foram feitos,…
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Politics of innovation difficult but not impossible
The classic metaphor – Nero fiddles while Rome burns – has taken on new meaning in Canberra. While politicians exchange bile, the real engine room of government, cabinet’s expenditure review committee, is examining ominous material pointing to Australia’s future decline unless the economy innovates more. The choice is stark. As Australia’s innovation tsar Bill Ferris…
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China pledges more measures to stimulate innovation
BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) — China will do more in implementing the innovation-driven development strategy, and keep on making the Chinese economy more innovative and competitive, Premier Li Keqiang said Monday when delivering a government work report at the annual parliamentary session. The country will empower innovation teams and leaders by seeing that they have…
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Governo chama bancos para multiplicar apoios do Portugal 2020 às empresas
Na reprogramação do Portugal 2020, o Governo vai usar crédito bancário para financiar a parte reembolsável do apoio do Sistema de Incentivos às empresas. Perante a falta de verbas no Portugal 2020 destinadas a apoiar as empresas, o Executivo decidiu combinar os fundos comunitários com linhas de crédito, no âmbito do exercício de reprogramação do…
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Is There A Magic Formula For Scientific Innovation?
Innovation remains a “holy grail” for business where it may unlock new sources of income and in science where it increases our knowledge and promotes the careers and status of the innovators. The work produced in Bell Laboratories in the late 40’s through the 60’s, e.g., the transistor, is legendary for its innovative impact.…
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Putting Humans at the Center of Health Care Innovation
The healthcare industry has long relied on traditional, linear models of innovation – basic and applied research followed by development and commercialization. While this “lab-bench to bedside” approach has improved healthcare globally, it can take years, even decades, for an innovation to get to market, often with limited input from patients themselves. The…
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Canadian Government To Invest $150 Million In Plant-Based Sector
High protein pulses, such as lentils, are a major crop of Western Canada The Canadian Government is set to invest $150 million in the plant-based food sector – in the wake of a national shift toward plant-based diets. The cash injection has come from a $950 million ‘Supercluster Initiative’ aimed at funding innovation in…
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RESEARCH FUND EMBRACES INNOVATION
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, a $3 billion endowment funding scientific research programs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has helped finance life-changing scientific innovation, from human embryonic stem cell treatments to the processing technologies that underpin modern computing. An equally bold and experimental ethos underscores investment strategy at the fund. A risk parity strategy with…