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Triple Helix News & Events
Canadian Initiatives fostering Cross-Sector Collaboration for Innovation
Posted on 07/01/2008
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"Networks . . . are the hot spots where ideas collide and synergies are identified, hence the need for intermediaries who understand the innovation process and can create meeting places that attract people from the academy, business, and finance."
Two Canadian companies ahead of the curve are combining the resources and talent available in academic and industry fields. MaRS Discovery District helps to enhance the marketing potential of various universities and teaching hospitals while offering an opportunity for these educational facilities to interact with and aid smaller businesses. Sir Terence Matthews is in the process of independently bridging the gap between these sectors as well. Both companies are hoping to incorporate government support in the near future to expand upon their already widening opportunities.
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Knowledge Economy Forum Promotes Cross-Sector Cooperation for Innovations
Posted on 06/25/2008
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Based on research findings from the World Bank and data from US patent offices, new innovations in the Europe and Central Asia are largely due to a combination of collaboration between the government, businesses, and local research institutions. The largest percentage of US patents from these countries has been granted when governments support foreign investment and these businesses join with local inventors and researchers; this showcases the innovative potential of such collaborations. The Knowledge Economy Forum 2008 hosted in Italy this June emphasized these cross-sector platforms for European and Central Asian companies as an effective method of development and innovation.
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Social Network site Developing International Communities of Interest on the Fight against Malaria
Posted on 05/05/2008
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MalariaEngage.org, a new social network website targeting the fight against malaria, has recently been launched by British internet millionaire Tom Hadfield. He is helping launch a social networking site encouraging people to donate $10 or more to help support malaria related research projects. The seven projects currently featured at MalariaEngage.org were recommended by Tanzania's National Institute for Medical Research. Once these have been funded, the social networking site will look to support new schemes across developing countries. Hadfield sees MalariaEngage.org as more than a fundraising tool, by encouraging individual participation and involvement he aims to create international communities of common interest. This is the essence of social networking.
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Developing Countries are Innovating with Cell phones
Posted on 04/25/2008
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The populations of development countries are embracing information and communication technologies, starting with what is most affordable: cell phones and airtime. Their spending on ICT increases faster than spending in any other category, including health, education and housing. Already by the end of 2006, 68% of the world’s mobile subscriptions were in developing countries, where many are using their cell phones to innovate, solve problems, and increase their living standards.
Ugandans started using prepaid airtime as a way of transferring money from place to place, something that’s especially important to those who do not use banks. This inspired new services for mobile banking where companies allow their customers to use their phones to store cash credits transferred from another phone or purchased through a post office, phone-kiosk operator or other licensed operator. In February of last year Vodafone rolled out its M-Pesa mobile-banking program in Kenya, and within a year they reached 1.6 million subscribers.
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Managing Open Innovation
Posted on 04/04/2008
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Open Innovation is an emerging trend where organizations reach outside their boundaries to develop new ideas, utilizing regional innovation systems and social networks to do so. An example of a specific corporate strategy often found in discussions of open innovation is Proctor & Gamble’s “Connect + Develop” strategy. P&G’s website reports more than 40 percent of their products now have a component of external collaboration.
A team from Chamlers University of Technology in Sweden has recently published a paper summarizing current knowledge on Open Innovation. Their intention is to help a broader audience to better understand the concept of open innovation, and to encourage further research on this emerging subject: Managing Open Innovation – Present Findings and Future Directions.
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Invitation to The Venture Forum 2008 - Friday, May 30th
Posted on 03/18/2008
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The Institute for Triple Helix Innovation is proud to support the 2008 Life Sciences Venture Forum. Now 14 years strong, the Venture Forum is the largest - and longest running - showcase of early stage innovation and entrepreneurship. It is the must-attend event for those seeking access to untapped quality deal flow from around the world. The Venture Forum is Larta Institute's landmark annual investment and partnering event and this year will showcase the most promising seed & early stage life science opportunities.
By special arrangement with Larta Institute, the Institute for Triple Helix Innovation readers receive a 30% discount* off the registration fee. Register now at http://theventureforum.com/registration.asp and use coupon code THIVF08 to take advantage of this special offer.
*30% discount expires May 16th, 2008.
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How the Triple Helix Model is Used to Find Renewable-energy Solutions
Posted on 02/29/2008
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Companies are hiring scientists to work on renewable-energy technology and business people to market earth-friendly products. With oil prices near record highs and more companies concerned about their carbon footprints, workers are finding strong job opportunities in the emerging green economy. Even if some of these nascent companies falter, there's widespread conviction that this sector will become one of the country's hottest employers. Newsweeks Daniel McGinn describes how the search for renewable-energy sources is making clean-tech jobs hot.
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Triple Helix Collaboration for Innovative Support to Emergencies, Diseases and Disaster
Posted on 02/11/2008
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InSTEDD (Innovative Support to Emergencies, Disease and Disaster), a newly started nonprofit innovation lab financed by Google.org and the Rockefeller Foundation, is working towards using new social networking capabilities for humanitarian coordination. The project aims to improve early disease detection and rapid disaster response by connecting and adapting ubiquitous free software like Facebook, Google Earth and Twitter. InSTEDD collaborates with universities, corporations, international health organizations, humanitarian NGOs and communities. Through collaboration disease detection and response times can be improved, outbreaks can be contained and possibly prevented, and more lives can be saved.
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Singapore calls for Healthcare Innovation
Posted on 12/17/2007
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The government will invest S$3 million (US$2 million) to encourage the development of infocomm technology (ICT) applications that improve the cost-efficiency and quality of healthcare services in the island-state. A joint announcement of the Ministry of Health (MOE), Infocomm Development Authority (IDA), and The Enterprise Challenge (TEC) called for industry participation. The funding is intended for projects aimed at providing benefits such as better patient care, higher efficiency levels, and improved communication between healthcare practitioners.
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Together We Innovate - How can companies come up with new ideas? By getting employees working with one another
Posted on 12/13/2007
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Most companies assume that innovation comes from that individual genius, or, at best, small, sequestered teams that vanish from sight and then return with big ideas. But the emergent truth is that innovations tend to be created through networks -- groups of people working in concert. Companies who pour more money into generating ideas often end up frustrated as innovations simply don't develop. To lay the groundwork for innovation, organizations must make it easy for their employees to build networks -- talk to their peers, share ideas and collaborate. The results of studying networks in more than 20 organizations are discussed in this article, including problems that stifle innovation and steps that companies can take to clear those barriers.
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The Corporate Sector and Social Mission 'Give One - Get One’
Posted on 11/21/2007
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The Web site xogiving.org is accepting $200 donations to buy a laptop for a child. And for two weeks beginning Nov. 12, benefactors can get one for themselves. This "Give 1 Get 1" option allows you to purchase a laptop for $399, a price that includes a second XO to be delivered to a kid who may use it to do something great, with a tax deduction for the donation.
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Scaling up ICT-Enabled Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Posted on 11/02/2007
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Limited access to traditional growth capital by medium-sized companies in developing countries inhibits their ability to use ICT to innovate. It is often prohibitively costly due to various risk factors such as insufficient legal and regulatory policies, and inadequate financial markets. The development community has tried to address this challenge by creating microfinance lending instruments and private sector investment intermediary institutions. Despite the success of these efforts for smaller needs and projects, the development community has yet to effectively and sustainably address the challenge of providing sources of capital for SMEs seeking USD $50,000 to $1 million to scale up their businesses and attract private capital markets. InfoDev is an international partnership of bilateral and multilateral development agencies and other key partners, facilitated by an expert Secretariat housed at the World Bank. On October 10, 2007, infoDev released their 2006 report on "Scaling Up ICT-Enabled Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries: The Role of Private Sector Finance," which delineates many of the issues and challenges involved.
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YouTube Gives Non-profits New Voice
Posted on 10/26/2007
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YouTube is now allowing non-profits to set up their own custom channels free of charge. Public service announcements, videos on their work, and promotional information can be uploaded. Additionally, the dedicated channels allow non-profits to use Google Checkout, which assesses no fees for non-profits, to collect donations. A number of large charities have already signed on to participate, including The Clinton Global Initiative, the American Cancer Society, and the March of Dimes. Other large governmental organizations such as the European Commission started broadcasting informative video clips on its own YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/eutube) last June. More information is available and examples of channels created on the YouTube NonProfit Program page.
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A New Generation Reinvents Philanthropy
Posted on 10/19/2007
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Young donors and volunteers, snubbing traditional appeals such as direct mail and phone calls, are satisfying their philanthropic urges on the Internet. They're increasingly turning to blogs and social-networking Web sites, such as MySpace and Facebook, to spread the word about -- and raise funds for -- their favorite nonprofits and causes. At the same time, a growing number of charities are launching profiles on popular social-networking sites, hoping that young people will link up to the pages.
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Patent Failure - How much do innovators benefit?
Posted on 10/05/2007
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Some large companies benefit from patents and reap large profits. An upcoming book, Patent Failure, by James Bessen and Michael J. Meurer uses empirical data to discuss the pros and cons of patents. Their data describes how the cost of holding patents outweighs the economic gain for the innovator. This data show that patents don't pay off for many public companies. The authors further note several negative aspects of patents, especially as being barriers to innovation since the patent holder can stop others from using an innovative design but they have no obligation to use the design themselves. Proponents of patents argue that despite problems, the benefits still outweigh the costs.
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Computers may Displace 60 Percent of Workforce by 2030
Posted on 10/02/2007
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Advances in technology create new employment opportunities, but they may also make many occupations obsolete, according to a recent pilot study attempting to measure how great the impact of technology will be on future jobs. The study by Stuart Elliot of the National Research Council?s Center for Education analyzed 93 occupation groups to predict that 60 percent of the current US workforce will be displaced by 2030. Using a new technique to extrapolate the trends in artificial intelligence and the exponential increases in computational processing power, he predicts that improvements in computer functionality in language, reasoning, vision and movement skills will help computers complete certain tasks faster and more cheaply than humans. The study predicts that 90 percent of current office and administrative support occupations will be displaced by technology by 2030, but only 6 percent of legal occupations are predicted to be displaced. Collaborative and innovative solutions will be needed to find new jobs that utilize unique human skills and ways for the economy to adjust to these changes.
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Technologies for Collaboration Making Small Companies Bigger
Posted on 09/21/2007
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New collaboration technologies are helping to level the playing fields for entrepreneurs and small companies. By using online meeting services, companies can meet, edit and approve plans and documents with their distant partners and customers without the time and expense of air travel. Outsourcing and supply chain management software gives them more support and flexibility when they need it, without the risk and expense of hiring a huge staff to keep track of inventory and capacity. Everette Phillips of China Manufacturing says, "Our customers can't really tell how big we are. In a way, it's irrelevant. What matters is that we can get the job done."
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New Patent Rules: Boon or Bane
Posted on 09/04/2007
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In an attempt to reduce the huge backlog of 750,000 patent applications and speed up the processing time, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued new rules to help streamline the patenting process. The new rules, which take effect November 1, 2007, restrict the number of times patent applications can be re-evaluated and limit the number of claims contained in any one application. Since approximately one-third of applications involve resubmissions, the patent officials think these hamper productivity and delay the issuing of new, well-qualified patents. Experts maintain that the change will make it more expensive and time consuming to secure rights to bio tech discoveries because of the need to file lawsuits to try to earn the right to resubmit information, and uncertainty about the rules for extensions.
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33 Billion Dollars for Innovation Signed into Law
Posted on 08/31/2007
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On August 8, 2007, the "America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Act (the America COMPETES Act) was signed into law authorizing $33.6 billion from 2008-2010 for a variety of federal science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education programs. The bipartisan bill promoted a doubling of funding for the NSF, NIST and DOE Office of Science within the next few years to encourage exploration in new areas such as nanotechnology, supercomputing, and alternative energy sources. The initiative is part of an overall strategy to support and maintain American innovativeness through science education, research and job training.
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Policies can Encourage R&D
Posted on 08/30/2007
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Government R &D policies and incentives benefit society. A report prepared by the OECD Secretariat and the Conference Board of Canada, Tax Incentives for Research and Development, asserts that, given the contribution of R & D to productivity growth, economic performance and the achievement of social objectives government has a significant role in encouraging appropriate R&D levels and expenditures. The choice of R&D tax incentives is dependent on country-level variables such as overall innovation performance, perceived market failures in R&D, industrial structure, size of firms and the nature of corporate tax systems.
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Young Scientists for a Global Economy
Posted on 08/24/2007
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As part of its Learning without Barriers/Technology without Boarders symposium series, the MIT-Microsoft iCampus Alliance is bringing together leaders from Industry, Government and Academia to focus on how innovations in educational technology can help to prepare students in engineering, mathematics and science to face the challenges of an increasingly global economy. In the March, 2007 panel discussion; Roles of Industry, Academia, and Government in Addressing Competitiveness through Education and Technology, participants describe how learning must engender innovation. This video of the panel discussion provides interesting perspectives on this issue and points viewers to other videos in the series.
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Reducing Poverty through Cross-Sector Partnerships
Posted on 08/21/2007
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In order to reduce poverty, we need better communication between cross-sector partners. A 2006 report from the University of Cambridge, UK analyses six current cross-sector partnerships in South Africa and Zambia. Cross-sector partnerships between communities, corporations, governments, donors and civil society organizations are being promoted as means for sustainable development. However, there is little solid research to indicate which partnership models have the greatest potential to eradicate poverty. The report, Understanding Cross-Sector Partnerships for Development, notes in its key findings that most of the partnerships studied had not developed core principles for working together or established good communication strategies. As partnerships developed, they relied on a range of roles and skills: brokers were involved in creating partnerships, as were strong individuals and institutions in driving the process forward. The report states that, in particular, it is vital to understand the context and incentives for partnerships, as this will help respond to potential problems that may occur. Further study of cross-sector partnerships is urgently encouraged. Other important recommendations and potential problems are outlined.
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Good Ideas becoming Marketable Products at Boston University
Posted on 08/17/2007
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At the heart of triple helix collaboration is speeding up the commercialization of great ideas that will benefit the general public. Boston University's Institute for Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization (ITEC) seeks to do just that by being a resource for the Boston University community providing opportunities for budding entrepreneurs to learn about key ingredients to entrepreneurial success such as market analysis and realistic business plans. These important skills are supported by mentoring and networking opportunities with entrepreneurs within the community. By providing business tools and skills to frame and package good ideas, the hope is they will help them bloom into great marketable ideas. Dr. Jonathan Rosen is Executive Director of the ITEC and also a member of the Institute for Triple Helix Innovation Strategic Advisory Board.
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Innovation Occurring without R&D
Posted on 08/14/2007
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Most growth and employment in OECD countries is still coming from low-tech and medium-low tech (LMT) industries. The final report of the 2002-2005 project, Policy and Innovation in Low-Tech (PILOT), summarizes a series of case-studies on low tech companies from eleven European countries, investigating their value chains and regional networks. Among the most important results of the report, Peculiarities and Relevance on Non-Research-Intensive Industries in the Knowledge-Based Economy, are the following: 1) Most growth and employment in OECD countries still emanate from LMT industries; 2) Ample evidence can be found of the existence, and in many cases the crucial importance, of non-research based innovation; 3) Innovativeness is based on a particular enabling configuration of resources that a company possesses rather than on excellence in R&D alone; 4) PILOT found that significant innovation might occur in the absence of any activity that could be classed as R&D under commonly used definitions. 5) There is a bias in policy toward science-based innovation and high-tech industries while the relationship between R & D in high-tech and economic success is tentative.
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American vs. European Innovation Patterns
Posted on 08/10/2007
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There is increasing disparity between US and European innovation as measured by patent growth. According to a recent working paper by Riccardo Crescenzi, Andres Rodriguez-Pose, and Michael Storper, one explanation for the US advantage in innovation generation is the different spatial or economic geography of the US and Europe. The authors assert that the innovation gap is due in part to the different historical development of innovation systems, and structural differences, such as the quality and quantity of R&D resources and the system of higher education, but also to the spatial distribution of the inputs of innovation, including the mobility of capital, people, and knowledge. However, they also report that the EU may be charting new paths to improve innovative production that do not require bigger and more specialized organizations and increased mobility as seen in the US.
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Conflict of Interest (COI) Toolkit
Posted on 08/07/2007
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The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) issued a call to the scientific community to adopt more consistent policies and practices for managing financial relationships between academia and industry in biomedical research. FASEB subsequently launched the Conflict of Interest (COI) Toolkit a website designed to help researchers, institutions, publications and industry put the FASEB recommendations into practice.
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Does Science Chase Money?
Posted on 08/03/2007
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Waverly W. Ding of the University of Chicago completed a study on the correlation between topic selection in life science research and external forces such as government funding, industry involvement, and the financial performance of companies engaged in related research. By analyzing the usage frequency of research topic words, the results showed that firms? engagement had a positive impact on the future growth of the topic, but it did not show that the financial performance of these firms had much influence on the spread of the topic within the scientific community. The study also found that industry influence was stronger when government funding was also available, thereby providing a reinforcing rather than complementing effect in shaping the research topics of academic scientists.
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Internet Changes the Rules for Marketing
Posted on 07/27/2007
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The dot.com boom may have fizzled, but innovative Web sites are grabbing a big piece of marketing dollars. At the same time, they are giving consumers a voice on what products and services they like and dislike. Fortune's Jeffrey O'Brien reports how one such site, Yelp.com, has become an online platform for user reviews of local businesses in many cities in the US. Small businesses promoted positively on the site can find themselves being overwhelmed with new customers without having to spend anything on marketing. This allows them to focus on being unique and serving customers without having to spend time and resources on marketing themselves. Consumers benefit by being able to access a variety of opinions and rankings by other consumers, not just the company line in an advertisement or the Yellow Pages.
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Collaborative Problem Solving on the Web
Posted on 07/20/2007
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Collaborative problem solving is being taken to new heights by organizations offering prizes and other incentives to find innovative solutions to difficult technical and scientific problems on sites such as InnoCentive.com, yet2.com and NineSigma.com. Such prizes persuade scientists from around the globe to solve difficult problems for corporations, foundations and non-profit organizations that do not have the expertise to solve themselves. In support of cross-disciplinary collaboration, research shows that at InnoCentive it is usually a person outside or at the edge of the specialized area who is able to solve the problem.
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New Technology for Visual Collaboration
Posted on 07/20/2007
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Sharing photos on the Web is one thing?being able to knit images together is the beginning of new collaborative potential. Microsoft Live Labs has developed a new immersive technology that allows users to explore minute details of a 3-D environment by clicking and dragging their mouse over photographs to see the smallest details in high resolution, zooming out, and panning 360 degrees to view a wider context. It can create hyperlinks between a multitude of shared images and content from the Internet using semantic information on the Web page or embedded in the photo. Photosynth has exciting potential for scientific collaboration, as it allows a variety of views, photographs and other related material to be integrated and explored in a 3-D image. Blaise Aguera y Arcas, architect of the system presented this captivating demo of Photosynth at the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) annual conference which tries to bring together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes).
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Explore Similarities of Roles & Identify Cross-National Research Essentials
Posted on 07/13/2007
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The second congress of the International Network of Research Management Societies (inorms) will take place in Liverpool, UK, June 15-18, 2008. The event will provide an opportunity for research administrators from around the world to explore the similarities in their roles and activities, and identify the essential aspects of research management that cross national boundaries. There will be a wide range of parallel working sessions with topics organized under the following nine themes: research funding and funding opportunities; policy and strategy; research integrity, ethics and governance; systems and operations; management and organization of research support; developing and supporting researchers; developing professional research managers and administrators; dissemination and translation of research; and assessing research.
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Games Offer Help for Information Overload and Collaboration
Posted on 07/05/2007
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Games may be the answer to our information overload problems. As Alvin Toffler predicted, information technology can be great but we are often overwhelmed by all the information that is available to us. New tools that were inspired by interactive games are being used successfully to help people prioritize their hundreds of email messages so they won't miss important items. Second Life has been using virtual currency to reward and motivate participation, but now the concept is being adapted for corporate email programs. The enterprise productivity application Attent incorporates psychological and economic principles from successful games. It uses a virtual currency called Serios that enables users to attach value to an outgoing message to indicate its importance, which helps the recipient prioritize email. It also provides tools that enable users to analyze communication patterns in order to better understand collaboration, teamwork and goal alignment.
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Greed by all Parties Limits Technology Transfer
Posted on 06/27/2007
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University technology transfer is the topic of much criticism, but not agreeing on the difference between a promising idea and a marketable product seems to keep university tech transfer offices and industry at odds. Tech transfer officials have alternatively been characterized as greedy, incompetent, or too bureaucratic to capitalize on opportunities in time. Another criticism is that they have focused on major innovations and research rather than facilitating commercialization of all projects big or small. Since the Bayh-Dole Act allowed US universities to retain ownership of patents resulting from federal funds, the entrepreneurial spirit has sometimes been detrimental to the quality of the research and the speed of commercialization. An article by Ed Silverman in The Scientist takes up these issues and is followed by many thought provoking comments on the topic.
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Shift Happens
Posted on 06/18/2007
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Karl Fisch's PowerPoint was originally entitled, Globalization and the Information Age and then changed to
Shift Happens after modifications by Scott McLeod.
This video presents some thought-provoking ideas about the way the world is changing to impact innovation, education and
our future as a global community.
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Innovation comes from Creative Collaboration
Posted on 06/15/2007
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Excerpts from a Computerworld interview with Laura Campbell, recipient of the 2007 EMC Information Leadership Award indicate that even a project as daunting as collecting and digitizing all the content of the Library of Congress can be conquered with enough innovation and leadership. She says that innovation comes from the process of creative collaboration. Good leaders must have more than a vision, but also a solid strategy for executing that vision. Successful innovators understand the value of involving others in the development of strategy and the importance of embracing differing ideas and values. She explains, "Innovation is resident in the work that we're doing, I think, because none of us alone had the skills to make this happen, but together we could do so much more."
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Why Do Manufacturing Firms Choose to Collaborate on Innovative Projects?
Posted on 06/08/2007
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SSTI digest reports (5/16/07) on findings from the Center for European Economic Research regarding the motives of collaborative firms. In Motives for Co-operation: Evidence from the Canadian Survey of Innovation, Tobias Schmidt categorized firms based on their reasons for engaging in collaborations: 1) Cost sharing for innovation; 2) Accessing external knowledge; 3) To enable scale-up in production; and, 4) To develop commercialization activities. Similarities and differences in firm characteristics and collaborative motives are discussed.
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New Website for Social Entrepreneurs
Posted on 06/01/2007
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Social Edge, a program of the Skoll Foundation, is a Web site for social entrepreneurs. The site offers live discussions, blogs and other resources for sharing ideas on succeeding in business with a "social profit" motive. They offer links to communicate and share ideas with others, as well as to read about the past experiences of leading social entrepreneurs.
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New Effort to Tap Technology to Aid the Service Economy
Posted on 05/25/2007
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Need for innovation in the service sector led to the creation of the Service Research and Innovation Initiative by a group of large technology companies, universities and professional associations. This new organization will support and promote research to find ways that technology can increase productivity and innovation in the service sector. The initiative is an example of how broad collaboration based on shared goals can bring innovation and develop new fields such as "service science" as is happening in this case.
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Social Enterprise Typology Breaks Down Traditional Boundaries Between Nonprofit and Private Sectors
Posted on 05/17/2007
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We are entering a new era of social enterprises. Virtue Ventures currently defines a social enterprise as "any business venture created for a social purpose--mitigating/reducing a social problem or a market failure--and to generate social value while operating with the financial discipline, innovation and determination of a private sector business". Virtue Ventures was founded in 2000 by Kim Alter to share ideas on social entrepreneurship and focus on social impact and value along with profit. Resources available on the site include an extensive "Social Enterprise Typology" for download, video interviews on the topic, and links to various online publications. Virtue Ventures offers a variety services to social enterprises as well as providing information on how enterprises can have a greater social impact.
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1,328 New High-Tech Jobs For Hawai'i
Posted on 05/10/2007
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Hawaii added 1,328 new high-tech jobs from 2000 to 2005. This increase was fifth among all U.S. states. The states with large technology sectors experienced net losses of jobs due to the bursting of the technology bubble in 2000. This negative effect does not appear as pronounced in Hawaii.
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International Triple Helix VI Conference Held in Singapore
Posted on 05/04/2007
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Members of the Institute for Triple Helix Innovation team participated in the
6th biennial international Triple Helix Conference on University-Industry-Government Linkages
in Singapore from May 16-18, 2007. The theme of the conference was ?Emerging Models for the
Entrepreneurial University: Regional Diversities or Global Convergence?. Approximately, 150
papers were presented on a variety of triple helix topics by participants from around the
globe. The conference was organized by the National University of Singapore (NUS)
Enterprise. Past Triple-Helix conferences have been held in Amsterdam, New York, Rio de Janeiro,
Copenhagen/Lund, and Turin. Guest-of-honor Lee Yi Shyan, Minister of State for Trade and Industry and Chairman,
Action Community for Entrepreneurship provided the opening address. Keynote speakers included
pioneers in triple helix research Henry Etzkowitz, Newcastle University & SUNY and Loet Leydesdorff,
University of Amsterdam, among a list of top researchers in the field. Visit the conference Web site
for more details.
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New Models for Financing the Knowledge Economy
Posted on 04/25/2007
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A good idea has relatively little value unless it can be applied. Given that most fresh thinking is regional or local in nature, having an impact on today?s complex Knowledge Economy is relatively difficult, even for the very best ideas.
NextTechs Technologies LLC, www.NextTechs.com, is a global information arbitrage. Its business is one of local and international linkages, enabling direct application of today?s newest technology developments to industry?s market driven, innovation requirements.
Maintaining direct relationships with 300 corporations and 52 economic development, university and government entities, NextTechs represents a most efficient method for capital allocation within the Knowledge Economy. Its approach? Building wealth through demand financing.
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Why Google Put A Research Lab In Poland
Posted on 03/14/2007
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This article from the Christian Science Monitor demonstrates the benefit outsourcing and globalization can yield for some receiving countries as US companies search for employees to supplement the insufficient supply US graduates with strong math and science training.
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The Promise and Perils of Tech Transfer
Posted on 03/07/2007
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About 25 years ago, Congress encouraged universities to commercialize federally funded research by allowing both schools and scientists to profit when they patented discoveries and licensed them to private firms.
This week, hundreds of top university officials will gather in San Francisco as the Association of University Technology Managers meets to mull the promise and perils of this process known as technology transfer.
To Bay Area residents, tech transfer is as familiar as the myth of Silicon Valley: Take knowledge, add capital and create startups.
"This is not only good for the country, this is good for the communities around the universities,'' said John Fraser, president of the association and director of tech transfer at Florida State University.
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'An Inconvenient Truth' Transforms Producer's Life
Posted on 03/02/2007
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The winners on stage at the Academy Awards feel all sorts of things. Producer Lawrence Bender (pictured above) felt the BlackBerry in the hip pocket of his tuxedo buzzing nonstop with e-mails.
By the time he checked his computer - at 6 a.m. Monday after a night of Oscar partying - he had 260 messages congratulating him on his win this week for "An Inconvenient Truth," the documentary that chronicles Al Gore's efforts to raise awareness about global warming.
There were e-mails from members of Congress, the folks at MySpace sent along their regards, so did so the bigwigs at Yahoo. Even Wal-Mart's environmental guru dashed off a note filled with words warm enough to melt what's left of the Arctic Circle.
"It was like every single one of my friends was up there on the stage with me," Bender said.
In Hollywood, there's entertainment and then there are celebrity causes. Rarely do they come together as they did on Oscar night, when a harmonic convergence of purpose and performance transformed Gore into the glitterati's folk hero. And the clincher: The ceremony was declared "green," as in environmentally correct. (Just ask the celebs who were dabbing their tears with organic tissues after the show.)
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When It Comes to Innovation, Geography Is Destiny
Posted on 02/11/2007
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How important is “geography” to innovation and adoption? New innovations have a much higher rate of success in Silicon Valley than elsewhere in the US. Perhaps this is because one quarter of all venture capital in America goes into Silicon Valley, but other triple helix factors play a role too. The photo to the left shows some of the many parrots now making a home and thriving in Amsterdam. Something about Amsterdam is attracting them, just as tech start-ups are drawn to Silicon Valley. The photographer, “Richard_b”, suggests it could be global warming that is attracting parrots to Amsterdam. What makes Silicon Valley so special to tech companies?
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Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable
Posted on 01/12/2007
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The GUIRR is chartered under the National Academies of Science to provide a forum for senior members of the three sectors (government, university, industry) to meet three times a year to define and explore critical issues related to the national and global science and technology agenda that are of shared interest; to frame the next critical question stemming from current debate and analysis; and to incubate activities of on-going value to the stakeholders.
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The Different Roads to Free Access
Posted on 01/12/2007
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The Science and Development Network aims to provide reliable and authoritative information about science and technology for the developing world. This SciDev.Net article discusses increasing efforts to make scientific literature more freely available.
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The 24 Coolest Uses of the Open Source Model
Posted on 01/10/2007
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This is an interesting link on ways that the open source model is being used to solve a variety of problems. The MIT ThinkCycle project is listed, as well as some others that show the potential of open source solutions.
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