Tag: australia
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Budget 2018: All talk on innovation, but funding falls short
A worker handles copies of the 2018-19 Budget papers. Source: AAP/Lukas Coch The federal government is anxious to continue to project its commitment to innovation, but the spending contained in this year’s budget is nothing if not modest. It is particularly dismal in light of the decision to cut back on the R&D tax concession,…
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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, the Innovation Dragon
THE YEAR AHEAD 2018 The world’s leading thinkers and policymakers examine what’s come apart in the past year, and anticipate what will define the year ahead. ORDER NOW The question now is whether China, well positioned to become the world’s innovation leader, will realize that opportunity in 2018 or soon after. China’s transformation has been…
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Canada Has An Innovation Problem?
Canada is a vast country with ample resources, however political and economic machinery in this country are not open enough to create true and genuine marketplace for disruptive ideas. Cultural, artistic and intellectual innovation form the foundation of innovative economies. No nation can stay competitive and economically advanced while stagnating culturally and intellectually. Innovation requires…
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Para Elon Musk, EUA poderiam sobreviver só de energia solar
Elon Musk: empresário defende que a energia solar é a mais confiável que existe (Danny Moloshok/Reuters) Falando para mais de 30 governadores, Musk calculou que seria necessária uma parte pequena de estados como o Texas para construir painéis solares São Paulo – Obter energia por meio da luz solar parece uma opção de nicho no…
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