Tag: technology
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BNDES quer atrair investidores para gasodutos que escoarão gás do pré-sal
Além do financiamento das obras incluirá a busca por investidores para os empreendimentos O Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES) pretende liderar a estruturação de um modelo que viabilize a construção de gasodutos para escoar a produção futura de gás de campos do pré-sal, o que além do financiamento das obras incluirá a…
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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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Europe’s innovation comeback: continent gains a second chance
The years since the financial crisis have been miserable not only for growth in Europe but for dynamism and innovation — outstripped on all counts by Asia and the US. But as eurozone growth recovers, the continent is gaining a second chance. As the shock of the UK’s Brexit vote and the fragility of the banking…
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Innovation is dead, long live innovation
At a time when fundraising is facing some of its greatest challenges, we all now have the ability to innovate every day through digital technology. However, technology is only a mechanism to drive innovation and the organisations that have the greatest success do so because they have a clear…
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Improving risk capital funding in Canada
Canadian entrepreneurs regularly cite a lack of financing options as a reason for Canada’s mediocre innovation performance. Certainly part of the problem has to do with the organization of risk capital markets. Canada’s public venture exchange (TSX-V) is biased toward junior resource listings. Canadian venture capital firms often lack the scale and expertise to fund…
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Innovation Produces More Revenue, And These 4 Factors Create More Innovation
Innovation is an important element for any business fighting to stay relevant. Business-to-business (B2B) companies in particular need to push hard to offer the best product for their customers. As business customers determine what products and services to buy, they are persuaded less by marketing and more by the performance and specifications of what they…
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Why big and small businesses should be working together for innovation success
Large companies often have limited ability to innovate, but small companies can help while also reducing the often inherent risk, explains Neil Poxon of Oxford Flow ‘Co-creation’. It’s a trendy-sounding name for an easy-to-understand concept. Big companies buying in the talent of smaller companies to help them develop new, innovative solutions to their most pressing…
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America has become so anti-innovation – it’s economic suicide
If you’ve used the internet at any point in the past few weeks, you’ve probably heard of Juicero. Juicero is a San Francisco-based company that sells a $400 juicer. Here’s how it works: you plug in a pre-sold packet of diced fruits and vegetables, and the machine transforms it into juice. But it turns out…
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Canadian Innovation: How to get back in the game
Lakshmi Raj had almost everything she needed to grow her company. She had the idea (a cloud-based time-tracking software for businesses), the money ($22 million raised since launching in 1995), and the tech talent (155 software engineers). But she was missing one very important component: a robust marketing team. Raj’s company, Replicon, is based in…
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