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).
Why do so many European inventions get lost in the move from lab to market? Science|Business suggests 9 simple ways that European leaders could fix that problem – for the benefit of Europe’s economy.
In anticipation of an informal summit of EU leaders on Oct. 20 2006, Science|Business organized a Roundtable discussion on EU innovation policy at the Hotel Silken Berlaymont, Brussels.
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.
The 2006 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard provides information of the top 1000 EU companies and top 1000 from outside the EU (non-EU) which invest the most in R&D.
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