Categoria: innovation
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Ontario and the new strategy of Innovation and Science
Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science Ontario has launched a new strategy that will support leading researchers and help transform their discoveries into innovations that companies and entrepreneurs can bring to global markets. The Advanced Research Computing and Big Data Strategy will support researchers by providing the technology to analyze data more comprehensively, which would help accelerate…
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Meritocracy vs mediocrity? Bureaucracy is the factor that kills productivity.
“You’ll meet them all again on their long journey to the middle.” That’s the late, great Philip Seymour Hoffman reading Lester Bangs in Cameron Crowe’s thinly veiled autobiographical film Almost Famous. Bangs is contextualizing the struggles of the film’s protagonist, William — his would-be protégé and Crowe’s stand-in. William is a precocious adolescent promoted to…
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IT spending on inovation is now a priority
Businesses are increasing their spending on technology, with cloud services as the big beneficiary. Hardware and software spending is declining as spending on cloud services rises, particularly on SaaS, according to the most recent annual survey from the Society for Information Management (SIM). Analytics/business intelligence and cybersecurity are the top two IT spending priorities, something that has…
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Conheça a “lista de tarefas” dos seus clientes
CLAYTON M. CHRISTENSEN, TADDY HALL, KAREN DILLON E DAVID S. DUNCAN A inovação é um esforço inerente de tentativa e erro? Não se você entender os motivos pelos quais os clientes fazem suas escolhas. A inovação sempre foi uma grande prioridade — e uma grande frustração — para os líderes. Em uma pesquisa recente da…
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Why everyone talks about innovation ?
Innovation is a driver of economic success and growth. That’s why everyone talks about innovation. Companies and countries that consistently invest in innovation by prioritizing research and development and allocating funds and resources for this activity are proven to be more successful than those that don’t. A new report, 2016 State of Innovation, says there is…
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O que falta para o Brasil inovar mais?
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A engenheira de produção Patrícia Magalhães dedicou dez anos de sua vida à Agência de Inovação Inova Unicamp, uma das maiores do país. Entrou em 2004, para implantar a área de planejamento, e saiu em 2013, como diretora. Ao longo de sua trajetória, conta, ficou impressionada com a quantidade de pesquisas, com alto potencial de…
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Abu Dhabi :Entrepreneurship and innovation must be taught at UAE universities
ABU DHABI //Entrepreneurship and innovation need to be key subjects taught at universities and colleges to best equip students for life outside of education and make them attractive to potential employers. Last year, the Ministry of Education began to implement classes in these subjects as part of an optional curriculum at three federal and 12…
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‘Innovation is in Our DNA,’ Obama Announces Research, Innovation Funding
“I’m a nerd,” U.S. President Barack Obama said Thursday, speaking at a science and technology conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. “I’m a science geek. … I don’t make any apologies for it.” The president got laughter and applause for his comment. He had an audience full of science geeks. Pittsburgh, once seen as an industrial metropolis…
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Huawei invests $6m in innovation centre R&D in Nigeria
INNOVATION comes with a cost. That is apparently what ICT company, Huawei would want to be remembered for as it recently invested over six million dollars to establish an innovation and experience centre in Lagos, Nigeria. The company said the investment reflects the huge research and design, R&D budget the company sets aside to be…
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Clayton Christensen : Where does growth come from? Talks at Google
Clayton talks about Tesla, Uber, Apple and Google. He answered questions from the audience about his newest book: “How measure your life?” Check this talk to clear your vision about life and some definitions about innovation. As Christensen is always saying : “..if my theory is correct… we can affirm that..” This economist is…
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