The Swedish Research Council has announced the formation of the first centreswhich are designed to link leading groups in basic science with industry and the public sector.
The search for a solution to Europe’s innovation woes is shifting to new ground. Next week’s EU summit will finger public procurement as the engine to drive innovation.
In its last issue, the Economist presents a survey on talent and the difficulties of finding and keeping it. As usual, it is an instructive and stimulating piece. In my case, it stimulated my thoughts about the relationships between talent and intellectual property (IP).
European companies raised their R&D spending by 5.3 per cent last year - but still failed to keep up with bigger-spending U.S. and Asian competitors in the global R&D market, data from a European Commission study suggest.
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