Categoria: innovation
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Even in Trump era, green energy innovation is sparking, not sputtering
BREAKING BARRIERS Congress has kept in place federal funds that support the key period when inventors have to build prototypes to show potential investors. Some corporations and states also help maintain momentum on clean energy. APRIL 27, 2018 WASHINGTON—Eric Wachsman thinks he might have an answer to one of the great challenges that’s hindering the…
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Wanted: British export and innovation expertise post-Brexit
The UK needs new ideas and skills for expanding sales worldwide Peter Bellerby at the workshop of Bellerby and Co. © Julian Love If ever there was a time for UK businesses to display ingenuity in exporting and innovating, it is surely now, amid the uncertainties over the UK’s exit from the EU and rising…
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Executives Believe They Are Innovators, But Employees Disagree
It helps the bottom line to be an innovator. Innovative companies also have another edge: they’re more attractive places to work. A new survey finds given a chance, most people would leave their current jobs for the chance to work at such a company. So how does one know they’re working at such a wonderful…
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It’s Never Too Late For Innovation Resolutions
Bill Fischer , CONTRIBUTOR Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Innovation Resolutions by Abhijit Bhaduri, used with permission It’s almost May and despite all your good intentions to change your innovation habits, you have little to show for it. What we recently referred to as the “new year” is almost half-way done and…
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Sacramento opens applications for $1 million in innovation grants
In its continued pursuit of becoming the nation’s next Silicon Valley, the City of Sacramento has announced it is searching for applicants for $1 million in innovation grants. Open for applications for the second consecutive year — starting April 9 — through an annual economic development program called the Rapid Acceleration, Innovation and Leadership in…
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Made by humans: A recipe for innovation
Innovation doesn’t just happen — it is designed by humans for humans. While economists discuss new theories, scientists develop new technologies and industrialists exploit new markets, the process of innovation is first and foremost socially constructed. To navigate its complex and risky path requires courage and knowledge — courage to learn the recipe, and knowledge…
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Enough Innovation Already!
To attack an empty whiteboard with a fistful of markers is to experience the dawn of creation, and a wall festooned with Post-Its pretty much guarantees a break-though. Rapid prototyping sounds cool even if you don’t know what it is, and who wouldn’t want to be the subject of a breathless article in Fast…