Beyond Chile, Costa Rica and Mexico, Latin America’s innovation potential is largely untapped
The 2017 Global Innovation Index shows that most countries in Latin America and the Caribbean could do much more to tap their innovation potential
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Don’t listen to the rich: inequality is bad for everyone
Inequality actually restricts people from earning more, educating themselves and becoming entrepreneurs.
Britain’s £246m battery challenge won’t solve energy storage problem
The UK is about to miss an opportunity if it tries to take on the giants of the lithium-ion battery industry.
Melanoma tattoos: a simple technique helping doctors develop empathy with patients
Doctors are taught how to treat skin cancer – but not necessarily how to empathise with those who have it.
How can our cities match Europe’s for finding value in their creative vibe?
A comparison of 36 Australian cities finds that, unlike Europe, the data on their creativity and culture are not closely linked to their capacity to generate economic value and social well-being.
How to make sure we all benefit when nonprofits patent technologies like CRISPR
Holding patents can be a lucrative and powerful position to be in. Here's a proposal for how nonprofit patent holders can do more for the common good – and live up to their end of the tax break bargain.
Canada could lead the fight for life in a post-antibiotic world
Without leading edge innovations and coordination, Canadians will die from the epidemic of antibiotic resistant infections.
Is America’s digital leadership on the wane?
The digital economy in the US is already on the verge of stalling; failing to protect an open internet would further erode the United States’ digital competitiveness.
EU’s antitrust ‘war’ on Google and Facebook uses abandoned American playbook
Europe's approach to antitrust enforcement picks up where the US left off in the 1980s, when the view that breaking up monopolies hurt innovation took hold.
We know innovation is key – but there’s little agreement on exactly what it is
New research shows that young people and employers have different ideas about innovation and the future of work.
From communities to territories: towards a Mediterranean coworking network
What do these new places tell us about the transformations of our professional, social and political world? And how to turn them into springboards for territorial development?
Understanding the real innovation behind the iPhone
The iPhone changed the game not because of the technical details of the device, but rather as a result of its creators' imagination and courage.
Demonstration farms can help revolutionise African agriculture
Demonstration farms are a key way in which new knowledge can be transferred to farmers around the world.
Forget the insight of a lone genius – innovation is an evolving process of trial and error
We don't know much about the origins of most human achievements – scientific and otherwise. Like evolution, does progress occur as random insights are selected for or against?
In defence of serendipity: the Silicon Emperor is wearing no clothes
The digital pin-ups' business models actually inhibit serendipity and, indeed, innovation by absorbing entire markets into the sealed-off space of their platforms.
Laboratory schools: a new educational phenomenon
The concept of laboratory schools has raised interest in recent reports (CNIRE, François Taddei...). Will they manage to bridge the gap between teaching and research?
How to create jobs in the age of robots and low growth
Rethinking work is crucial for industrialised and emerging economies, where job losses are being felt even in the presence of substantial, although diminishing, economic growth.
Why US companies will ignore Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement
It's just not in their business interests to ignore climate change.
As Trump smacks the climate, world must do better to save planet
The climate crisis demands not only green technologies, but a completely different approach to economic development.
What Uganda needs to do to manufacture more and crack export markets
Uganda needs to boost manufacturing and exports to realise the ambitions listed in its social and economic development plan.
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Dean of UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
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Director, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Researcher in Innovation Management, University of Brighton
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Director, Technology and Innovation Management Centre, The University of Queensland
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Director, Risk Innovation Lab, Arizona State University
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Winthrop Professor, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Marketing and Strategy, University of Western Australia
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Productivity Growth Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Secretary for Science Policy at the Australian Academy of Science, and Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, UNSW
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Professor of Physics and former Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research, Durham University
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Visiting Professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor of Public Policy and Women's Studies, University of Michigan
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Researcher in Entrepreneurial Creativity, University of Nottingham
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Full Professor of Political Economy, University of Pretoria
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Professor of the Practice of International Development, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
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