Innovation
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Decided to keep a repository of all the docos we reference when building MESA's innovation capabilitites. Add anything you want as long as it involves innovation. Jul 4
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Measure for Measure - Technology Review
What makes scientists productive? To find out, economists with MIT links are researching the researchers. A young genius in a low-budget lab toils to uncover the workings of cancer cells.
TechCrunch
SoMe is a film about the rise (and fall?) of social media. Produced by web rabble-rouser and satirist, Loren Feldman , the film will feature Feldman’s signature puppet act (it will be cool, I promise) and interviews with and segments about web luminaries like:As New Zealand’s largest government funder of research and development (R&D), the Ministry of Science and Innovation (MSI) is charged with building links between business, government and research organisations to improve New Zealand’s prosperity and wellbeing through science and innovation.
MSI business support | Ministry of Science and Innovation
In a climate when innovation efforts and research and development budgets are likely to see more scrutiny than ever, our 2008 list of the World's Most Innovative Companies adds three financial measures to the mix to determine the rankings. For this year's list, votes cast in the proprietary BusinessWeek-BCG survey received 80% of the overall weighting, stock returns were weighted 10%, while three-year revenue and margin growth each got 5%. While these changes -- only votes from our survey counted in the past -- marked the biggest shift yet in our rankings of the World's Most Innovative Companies, there are some similarities to previous years.
The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies - Businessweek
This tenth edition of the OECD Science, Technology and Industry (STI) Scoreboard analyses the major trends in knowledge and innovation in today’s global economy. With over 180 indicators it presents a policy-oriented review of science, technology, innovation and industrial performance in OECD and major non-OECD countries (Brazil, Russian Federation, India, Indonesia, People’s Republic of China and South Africa).
Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2009
Patents are a key measure of innovation output, as patent indicators reflect the inventive performance of countries, regions, technologies, firms, etc. They are also used to track the level of diffusion of knowledge across technology areas, countries, sectors, firms, etc., and the level of internationalisation of innovative activities.
Patents by technology
Patents are a key measure of innovation output, as patent indicators reflect the inventive performance of countries, regions, technologies, firms, etc.
International co-operation in patents
In the search for a rapid, sustainable and lasting recovery from the economic crisis, science, technology and innovation are expected to play a driving role. But what are the implications for science and innovation policy?
Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2010
Research and Development Survey: 2010 - Statistics New Zealand
The following tables are printed with this information release and can be also be downloaded from the Statistics New Zealand website in Excel format. If you do not have access to Excel, you may use the Excel file viewer to view, print, and export the contents of this file.
Research and Development Survey: 2010 - Statistics New Zealand
Total research and development (R&D) spending increased to almost $2.5 billion in 2010, Statistics New Zealand said today. This is an increase of 13 percent from 2008. The business sector continues to spend the most on research and development, over $1 billion of R&D in 2010.