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Technology Knowledge. World Economic Forum sur Twitter : "These are the most innovative countries in the world #innovation... These are the most innovative countries in the world. Technological innovation is the key to a competitive and growing economy, unlocking major productivity gains and allowing companies to move towards higher value-added activities.

These are the most innovative countries in the world

The World Economic Forum’s annual Global Competitiveness Report evaluates 144 of the world’s economies on various measures of innovation – including the quality of scientific research institutions and spending on R&D – to produce an overall global ranking. Finland emerges as the most innovative country in the world, with Switzerland coming a close second. Three other European nations are in the top 10 – Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands. Asian nations are also prominent, with Japan, Singapore and Taiwan all taking top spots. Israel and the United States complete the top 10. If you’d like to learn more, read 10 ways countries can improve their competitiveness and What is government’s role in sparking innovation? The Future Of Money. In the early 1970’s, the financial industry was transformed by a strange confluence of events.

The Future Of Money

In 1973, The Chicago Board of Trade opened the first options trading floor and, almost as if on cue, a month later the Nobel prize winning Black Scholes options pricing model was published. Soon after, Hewlett Packard introduced a pocket computer small enough for traders to use on the floor and that, combined with a glut of engineering talent made available by the closing of the Apollo space program, created a wave of revolutionary change that is still being felt even today. UKDK sur Twitter : "World's first solar powered airport opens in India #Innovation #India #InnovatingCreativity.

Kerala, India has the world’s first solar-powered airport. The first time I called my food truck business a startup was in a brief that I sent to one of the better B-schools in Delhi to get some students to do a project with us.

Kerala, India has the world’s first solar-powered airport

It made sense. Our business was a new and exciting concept with great potential for scale, and my partner and I were professionals who were pursuing our dream. Our “startup” was a little over a year old and by then, it had iterated several times and started to look somewhat like what it does now. The idea was simple: We would serve the familiar south Indian cuisine at the doorstep of the customer. TED Talks I like. Affordable benefits for your company in minutes. Sometimes the internet just makes life easier -- from food delivery to finding a doctor to ordering a pair of shoes.

Affordable benefits for your company in minutes.

So, why couldn't something as tedious as corporate benefits be the same way? Zenefits founder Parker Conrad believes it can, and it should. Just as upcoming laws stand to shake up the health care industry, Parker's Y-Combinator-backed startup, Zenefits, makes managing corporate benefits easier than ever. Now, buying and managing employee benefits is as easy as setting up a Gmail account. Health Insurance Sales Is Broken Corporate benefits is an industry that has been left behind by the internet age. GoodNewsfromFinland sur Twitter : "#Finns among the world's most #creative, ranked 5th @MartinProsperiT #innovation. Finns among world's most creative. 42Angelitos - Palo Alto - Startup. 42angelitos sur Twitter : "we love #disruption, #innovation #startups @warpinnovation"...

News from WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) Assaad Razzouk sur Twitter : "#Japan Building Giant Battery Systems to Store #Solar Power #climate #cleantech #innovation. Japan Building Giant Battery Systems to Store Solar Power - Japan Real Time. 11 Strategic Questions for Disruptive Innovation in Markets. Some business conferences you attend are beneficial because of specific content presented.

11 Strategic Questions for Disruptive Innovation in Markets

Other business conferences are beneficial because of all the creative ideas they trigger, irrespective of whether the ideas were actually discussed by presenters. The Innovation Summit presented by Kansas City Kansas Community College last week soundly delivered on triggering ideas for strategic questions for disruptive innovation in markets. In fact, the free, half-day Kansas City Kansas Community College Innovation Summit was a veritable bonanza since I walked away with a variety of ideas triggered by the presenters. Those ideas included ones for several new Brainzooming creative thinking exercises I’d never before imagined. 11 Strategic Questions for Disruptive Innovation. Tim Kuppler sur Twitter : "Popular post: The Art of #Leadership and Riding a Bicycle #innovation #Culture.

The Art of Leadership and Riding a Bicycle. New Technology enables Contact Lens user's to Zoom in 3X. It's not about product innovation anymore. It's about go-to-market innovation. Five Australian innovators inventing the future. THE FUTURE IS NOW! #Innovation — THE FUTURE IS NOW! Open Technology. Closed Club: Find Closed Down Startup Products. MakerSQR, the community for your idea. Being a part of a community is sharing a particular attribute or living according to the same principles.

makerSQR, the community for your idea

The idea of people freely sharing opinions and spreading inspiration across a table in a bar or across the internet seems awesome to us. It’s the exchange of information that constantly feeds our desire for building something on our own, by also boosting our confidence. Watching online tutorials and “how-to” videos in order to develop new skills has turned into a cool phenomenon that is life-changing.

The Maker movement makes its mark. The next industrial revolution is right around the corner, and it's going to be bigger than the Internet — or so says a growing army of hackers, designers, artists and entrepreneurs.

The Maker movement makes its mark

Across the country, "makerspaces" are popping up to satisfy demand for affordable access to industrial tools and shared work spaces. These massive fabrication facilities are like a cross between a business incubator and a manufacturing plant, with sprinklings of academia and community spirit thrown in for good measure. "With the right motivation and time on your hands, you can now go through your own personal industrial revolution in 90 days, and can launch a company or product within those 90 days," says Mark Hatch. TechCrunch - The latest technology news and information on startups. NEW INVENTIONS and DISCOVERIES. THE FUTURE IS NOW! Google glasses.

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Science. Experts Group Innovation - was ist das? Sie haben eine Idee.

Experts Group Innovation - was ist das?

Nun wollen Sie daraus geschäftliches Kapital schlagen – neue Märkte erobern, Kundenbedürfnisse von morgen frühzeitig erkennen, interne Abläufe optimieren oder Ihre Mitarbeiter enger an sich binden. Die Idee steht immer am Beginn eines Innovationsprozesses. Am Ende entscheidet sie alleine aber nur selten über Erfolg oder Misserfolg. Der Schlüssel liegt in der professionellen Umsetzung einer Idee in reale Geschäftsprozesse. Profane Themen wie Marktforschung, Projektimplementierung, optimale Ausschöpfung von Fördermitteln, rechtliche Absicherung und Patentierung oder Akzeptanz und Schulung der Mitarbeiter müssen bearbeitet werden. Die Experts Group Innovation & Technologietransfer ist Sie haben eine Idee und suchen einen kompetenten Gesprächspartner im Mitgliederverzeichnis können Sie sowohl nach Fachgebiet und/oder Region wählen,das Mitglied der EG IT wird Ihre Idee auf den möglichen Kundennutzen bzw.

Als qualifiziertes, akkreditiertes Mitglied der Experts Group. The International Society for Professional Innovation Management.