Sami Mahroum

Viewpoint: Automate demand chains to protect economies in times of crisis

As COVID-19 so starkly illustrates, supply chain automation is not proof against a slump in demand. But it’s become clear automated demand chains have helped maintain market activity, and could protect our economies in future crises

22 Apr 2020

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The pillars of growth

Human capital, infrastructure and good governance may provide support for innovation and economic growth, but they don’t guarantee it

06 Jan 2011

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Green building will drive innovation and create new industries

The Gulf countries have a unique opportunity to become the world’s centre of eco-innovation, says Sami Mahroum.

22 Sep 2010

Energy

Measuring the value in innovation

Efficiency in deploying knowledge is more important to economic competitiveness than the ability to create new knowledge, argues Sami Mahroum.

23 Jun 2010

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Lost in Innovation

The proliferation of innovation jargon is making it hard to formulate effective innovation policy, writes Sami Mahroum.

12 May 2010

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Creative destruction

Some see the financial catastrophe as a way to kick start a new cycle. But conditions may not be right for an innovation-led boom, says Sami Mahroum.

01 Jul 2009

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Follow the pipelines

Protectionist policies will at best slow down the yearned-for quick recovery, says Sami Mahroum. At worst they could destroy the fabric of innovation.

24 Feb 2009

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Innovation policy in a networked crisis: Between Schumpeter and Keynes

The UK’s new £1 billion start-up fund should support entrepreneurs with immediate plans to bring a product into the market, not long-term projects to commercialise new research, says NESTA’s Sami Mahroum.

23 Dec 2008

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The crisis-torn global economy needs a World Knowledge Fund to revive it

A new “Bretton Woods” should lead to the creation of a World Knowledge Fund with a mission to bridge the global knowledge gap.

25 Nov 2008

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Absorbing Innovation: cities and regions need to import innovation as much as inspiring it afresh

More attention needs to be paid to increasing the ability of cities and regions to absorb innovation, says Sami Mahroum from the UK’s National Endowment for Science, Technology and Arts, and academic colleagues.

05 Nov 2008

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Sami Mahroum

Viewpoint: Automate demand chains to protect economies in times of crisis

The pillars of growth

Green building will drive innovation and create new industries

Measuring the value in innovation

Lost in Innovation

Creative destruction

Follow the pipelines

Innovation policy in a networked crisis: Between Schumpeter and Keynes

The crisis-torn global economy needs a World Knowledge Fund to revive it

Absorbing Innovation: cities and regions need to import innovation as much as inspiring it afresh

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