Innovation

The barriers between technology and industry must be knocked over to unleash European innovation, says Jean J. Botti of EADS

It may be top of the pile, but Massachusetts is facing stiff competition from other US states eager to attract foreign partners to their biotech clusters. Now it is piecing together new deals with European partners in an effort to stay on top.

The first of a new network of centres modelled on Germany’s Fraunhofer system will specialise in high value manufacturing

An innovation index published by China ranks the United States 1st and Switzerland 2nd in technological innovation and research capability.