ACES

Experts attending the Science|Businesses ACES awards at ETH Zurich last month agreed Open Innovation can boost companies of any size, but policy changes are needed to help small businesses get involved

ACES winner Mirasense is bringing price comparison to the smart phone. The ETH Zurich spin-out is letting users check out what competitors are charging and how previous purchasers rate products, as they shop on the high street

Entrepreneurs, investors and industry leaders attending the third annual Science|Business Academic Enterprise Awards (ACES) conference earlier this month called on European politicians and universities to do more to support entrepreneurship on campus and help seed a new generation of world-class technology companies.

As the Academic Enterprise Awards enters a fourth year, international business school INSEAD, in collaboration with EM Lyon Business School, plans to begin studying the finalists to see what makes them tick.

Academic entrepreneurs from Switzerland, Finland, the United Kingdom and Israel were recognised in the third annual ACES awards, held in Zurich on 3 February and awarded by the Science|Business Innovation Board.