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New research shows double majors beat their peers in one critical way that makes them more attractive to employers. Colleges may have to adapt to that reality to help their graduates compete.
Start-ups are innovative and agile, while big companies have abundant resources. Corporate accelerators bring them together, and a new case study outlines best practices.
Companies developing autonomous vehicles are missing out on the local knowledge and values of the people who live where these cars are tested. And that lack of engagement sets up bigger problems.
Even as digital social innovations (DSI) are booming in Europe, obstacles remain for their being able to provide effective solutions to the big challenges of our times.
Why do organisations find it difficult to change when facing a disruption? In part, because over time, what they know how to do migrates from resources to processes and finally values.
South Africa needs a robust economic policy agenda to make it more open, productive and inclusive.
Sound, color and special effects transformed the moviegoing experience. These inventions decidedly did not.
Right now, for the second time since 1931, there is no minister directly responsible for science in Australia.
Politics Podcast: Bill Ferris on Australia’s innovation mission.
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Innovation and Science Australia chair Bill Ferris launched a report this week setting out a plan that seeks to put Australia into the top tier of innovation nations by 2030.
The Australia 2030: Prosperity Through Innovation report offers five “imperatives for action”: Education, Industry, Government, Research and Development, and Culture and Ambition.
The growth of creative hubs is good for innovation but it may also widen a digital and economic divide in Indonesia.
Research shows the ability to act strategically for the long term is a key component of successful leadership – and sorely lacking in Congress these days.
A flat management structure can reduce costs and boost efficiency but may be hard for larger firms to implement.
Calestous Juma believed that Africa needed an integrated science, technology and innovation framework. The continent can make this happen.
Scientists are rewarded with funding and publications when they come up with innovative findings. But in the midst of a 'reproducibility crisis,' being new isn't the only thing to value about research.
President Trump's first year was a rough one for scientists and others who value truth and expertise. Many rallied to the cause, while others used research to make the case for the value of science.
Six questions to ask yourself before you buy that last minute Christmas present.
In their relentless pursuit of research commercialization, and bigger robots, universities might miss the real opportunity of technology - to make our world a better place.
Academics deliver their verdict on Philip Hammond.
Top contributors
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Emeritus Professor & UTS innovation adviser, 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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Professor of Innovation Studies, 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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Professor of the Practice of International Development, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University Twitter @Calestous, Harvard 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 Natural Philosophy in the Department of Physics, University of York
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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
