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Why Government is Essential for Private Sector Innovation

Destination Innovation

Steve Jobs announced the iPhone to the world on 9 January 2007. It became a platform for secondary markets in apps, music and videos. The remarkable thing which Mazzucato points out is that all these technologies were initially funded partly or wholly by government (and usually defence) agencies. References.

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Congressional testimony on higher ed: Allow for innovation, incentivize student outcomes

Christensen Institute

Because the government underwrites significant portions of the higher education system, it means that students and families are not the only “customers” of colleges and universities. There’s a saying in efficient markets for goods and services. What would a better market look like? Taxpayers are as well. Not employment.

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Successfully Merging Theory and Practice in your Innovation Program

Qmarkets

From 2003 to 2007, I have been in charge of the R&D project portfolio management line of business at a solution provider. This can be considered as an underused asset, just like if a company was not using a part of its channels to sell its products or was not using a given production line to its full capacity to meet market demand.

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What you need to know about India Innovation Growth Programme 2.0

hackerearth

The increase in innovation investment in the region was attributed in part to “the government and other public-sector initiatives that seek to establish India as digitally empowered society and nurture innovation.”. Established by the Department of Science and Technology (Government of India), IIGP 2.0

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Successfully Merging Theory and Practice in your Innovation Program

Qmarkets

From 2003 to 2007, I have been in charge of the R&D project portfolio management line of business at a solution provider. This can be considered as an underused asset, just like if a company was not using a part of its channels to sell its products or was not using a given production line to its full capacity to meet market demand.

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AI Research: China & US Leading Research- US Falling Behind!

Linda Bernardi

This article shows the number of deep learning publications by US and China since 2007. While most were at par in 2007, the landscape changed and US was leading the pack with a significant margin until 2013 when China has gotten ahead. US and China lead the world of research in AI.

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A brief history of work, innovation and skills in the UK

Wazoku

2003 – Skills strategy part one In 2003, the Government issued its skills strategy White Paper with the aims of ensuring that employers had the skills to support the success of their business, and that employees had the necessary skills to be both employable and personally fulfilled. The digital revolution. 2020 – THE FUTURE OF WORK ?