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Money makes the world go around

Don’t punish companies that fail to deliver risky projects. Help them do better next time, says David Bott, Director of Innovation Programmes at the Technology Strategy Board.

The language of patents

Limiting the number of languages used by a unified patent court is not an affront to Europe’s cultural diversity, but a pragmatic move to increase its competitiveness.

The challenge of open innovation

GE’s $200M call for entrepreneurs to bring their smart grid technologies is also a challenge to the whole system of research, development and innovation in Europe.

Measuring the value in innovation

Efficiency in deploying knowledge is more important to economic competitiveness than the ability to create new knowledge, argues Sami Mahroum.