Categoria: innovation
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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…
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Three Reasons Why Innovation Hubs Should Embrace ICOs
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Innovation hubs around the world — one of the most familiar being Silicon Valley — have many characteristics in common. Innovation is the accepted currency and fuel of these habitats: You innovate, I invest or pay for your innovation and we join other innovative individuals or entities to innovate further. In innovation hubs, the objectives…
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Johnson & Johnson Innovation announces S$5.1 Million in research grants
Johnson & Johnson Innovation, a Division of Johnson & Johnson (China) Investment Ltd., announced on 28 February 2018 the three finalists that will receive S$5.1 million (~US$3.9 million) in support of research projects for up to three years through the Johnson & Johnson Innovation World Without Disease Grant Call Collaboration with the Agency for Science, Technology, and…
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Trudeau government proposes new cash to help Canada’s research catch up
The federal government took aim at gaps in funding for university labs and research on Tuesday, announcing what it described as the “single largest investment in investigator-led fundamental research in Canadian history.” The new funding, totalling more than $3 billion over five years, would address a series of concerns identified by a government-appointed panel that…
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São Paulo terá Centro Internacional de Tecnologia e Inovação (CITI)
A criação do Centro Internacional de Tecnologia e Inovação (CITI) na cidade de São Paulo vai fomentar o desenvolvimento de novo corredor tecnológico, disse hoje (27) o ministro de Ciência, Tecnologia, Inovações e Comunicações, Gilberto Kassab. Ele participou nesta manhã da abertura de seminário promovido pela prefeitura para debater o assunto. O corredor de tecnologia…
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Scotland continues its tradition as a nation of innovation
MEDICINE, entertainment and communications are just three of the many fields in which Scottish inventions and innovation have led the way – Alexander Fleming gave the world penicillin, John Logie Baird television and Alexander Graham Bell, the telephone. They managed to make their mark without the help now available in 21st century Scotland, which is…
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Singapore Budget 2018: Innovate to differentiate
SINGAPORE once again finds itself at the nexus of profound global change. World events first shaped modern Singapore into a global trading hub, following the arrival of the British in 1819. Now almost 200 years later, Singapore is once again at a crossroads between its future and its past, at a time which could shape…
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How To Execute A Successful Innovation Strategy
In his book Change by Design, Tim Brown lays out his Ways to Grow Matrix, which maps innovation along a vertical axis representing existing to new offerings and a horizontal axis representing existing to new users. This is a simple and brilliant way for companies to gauge the balance of their innovation efforts by plotting…
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DowDuPont boss: Merger will speed up innovation to face farming challenges ‘quickly’
A merger between Dow Chemical and DuPont (DowDuPont) aims to accelerate innovation in agriculture to help all farm sizes, as well as rapidly facing up to future challenges, DowDuPont’s Pierre Flye Sainte Marie told EURACTIV.com in an interview. “If innovation is not at the centre of operations, a situational risk may emerge when more issues…
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Canada’s innovation funding leaves women behind
Canada’s focus on funding innovation in the predominantly male tech sector is putting female businesses in other industries – at a disadvantage, a report to be released on Wednesday concludes. Canadian tech entrepreneur and Dragons’ Den Next Gen Den star Nicole Verkindt says you don’t need to be an inventor or a scientist to be…
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