Excellence comes in many forms and attempts to rank universities should reflect this. But it should also be understood that excellence does not equate to success, says Onora O’Neill
Strasbourg should become the EU’s innovation capital, say MEPs. The proposal is an attempt to break the deadlock with France about the seat of the European Parliament
The 2012 Global Innovation Index published this week, presents a broad set of measures to help public and private sector leaders push the innovation agenda forward, says Soumitra Dutta, one of the authors of the report
The pharmaceutical industry – Europe’s most R&D intensive sector – is being damaged by cuts to drugs budgets. This will drive investment in innovation elsewhere, the EU is warned in a letter from Andrew Witty, president of EFPIA
Forty years’ horse trading has ended in a eurofudge, as EU heads of state have agreed on a compromise proposal to split the court that will litigate the EU Unitary Patent between Paris, Munich and London
New laws on both sides of the Atlantic are changing the way patents will work. A Science|Business conference in Washington May 7 examined how this historic convergence could help inventors - and the economy
Successful partnerships also require strong support by rectors and top managers, as well as teams on both sides capable of crossing boundaries, according to a study published by the Science|Business Innovation Board
This study, built on a growing pool of academic research about the state of industry-university collaboration, offers concrete lessons and recommendations from experienced managers on both sides of the divide.
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