The International Innovation League Table

For the past 7 years the European Commission has compiled an assessment of the innovation competitiveness of all the EU states and some other countries as comparisons.  The 2007 report has recently been published and you can read the full report.  The key factors that are used to compare the performance of countries are as [...]

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Collaborative Innovation takes time

Here is an interesting article on collaborative innovation in the Exchange Morning Post.

It draws on the collaborative experiences of Advanced Micro Devices and IBM, Renault and Nissan, Nike, Reuters and others.  Key lessons are that success takes time and depends strongly on a shared strategic outlook and a deep level of trust.

Paul Sloane

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Feb 5th Meeting

We had an excellent meeting on Feb 5th.  It was kindly hosted by the Royal Mail at their offices in Old Street.   The meeting started with a talk from Robin Mar of Royal Mail who gave examples of the successes and difficulties that they have had with innovation.  They introduced a prize competition in order [...]

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