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The Stern report on climate change has provoked a flurry of responses from the usual suspects.

Siemens plans to spend €80 million on R&D in China over the next five years.

The latest UK R&D Scoreboard says that company spending went up by £2 billion last year.

The European Commission claimed to have taken “significant steps” towards making Europe dynamic and competitive – but chided the European Parliament and member states to work faster.

Once considered synonymous with British manufacturing prowess, ICI has announced a major investment in R&D in China.

Is early-stage investing dead? Not by a long shot in the US. The US market for early-stage investing is on the rise - good news whether you're seeking or investing money.

Climate change, and how to survive it, is rising up the corporate agenda. It could take a good dose of R&D to come up with imaginative and lasting responses. The Pew Center offers some ideas.

Innovation has become one of the most important elements in contemporary policymaking - but it's frequently found in unlikely places, says a new report.

A new roadmap has been published for developing Europe’s research infrastructure through setting up 35 large-scale projects.

Britain is making a new bid to attract global business looking to locate R&D activities overseas and foreign universities seeking overseas collaborations.

A few weeks ago, we commented on the Russian Parliament's approval of new intellectual property laws. Our comment was somewhat sceptical, given the lack of legal tradition of IP enforcement in Russia. As the scepticism seemed quite widely shared, it was only a matter of time before those who lobbied for better IP protection would test the new framework.