Wednesday, April 29, 2009 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Business,
Education
| Tags: government,
intellectual property,
cambridge enterprise,
teri willey,
ip laws
Turning great science concepts into commercial reality.
Friday, April 24, 2009 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Business,
Technology
| Tags: innovation
Friday, April 24, 2009 | Posted by: Brian Maguire
Categories:
Business,
Technology
| Tags: technology,
innovators,
broadband,
financial innovation,
starbucks,
telecoms,
voip,
mobile financial services,
3-d imaging,
global banking
Data is about to drive some of the biggest mergers and acquisitions the global markets have ever seen. Some banks are preparing for a breathtaking integration of telecom delivery channels which will leave their competitors gasping for growth.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 | Posted by: Brian Maguire
Categories:
Business,
Technology
| Tags: government,
nuclear,
economist intelligence unit,
geneva motor show,
electric cars
Some years from now, there will be less talk of economic gambling and more on how we played a steady hand in heavy seas. We will talk of how innovation, and investment in electric cars, changed the way we live our lives, how green cars became the catalyst for economic recovery and a beacon of British science and ambition.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 | Posted by: Brian Maguire
Categories:
Business,
Education,
Technology
Descartes’ ‘I think; therefore I am,’ will be surpassed by ‘We have; therefore we will’ – our capacity for assessing reality is heading for a quantum leap.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Business,
Education,
Technology
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Business
| Tags: innovation,
economic recovery
BBC Radio 4’s Peter Day hears from those who are pinning their hopes for economic recovery on innovation.
Monday, April 06, 2009 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Environment
This demo, from Pattie Maes’ lab at MIT, spearheaded by Pranav Mistry, was the buzz of TED. It’s a wearable device with a projector that paves the way for profound interaction with our environment. Imagine ‘Minority Report’ and then some:
Thursday, April 02, 2009 | Posted by: Brian Maguire
Categories:
Business
| Tags: innovation,
regulation,
financial innovation,
the ascent of money,
niall ferguson,
turner review,
derivatives,
alastair darling,
louisiana purchase
Niall Ferguson, Scotland’s finest export since steel, recently wrote that the development of credit and debt is: “as important as any technological innovation in the rise of civilization, from ancient Babylon to present-day Hong Kong.” Glasgow born Ferguson, a financial historian and Harvard professor, has delighted television audiences with his pithy presentation of The Ascent of Money. Despite all the monumental fiscal calamities he details, a recurring message is “We never really learn”.
Wednesday, April 01, 2009 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Business
| Tags: innovation
“Are we really hiring the irritants? Because it’s the irritants that are the risk takers, and it’s the risk takers that contribute to the culture of innovation.” Jonathan Kestenbaum, CEO,
We commissioned The Economist Intelligence Unit to survey UK executives on how assumptions on business models have changed, and how companies are planning to adapt over the next 18 months.
