We need to measure innovation better. Here's how

May 1, 2019

Apple CEO Steve Jobs poses with the new iPhone 4 during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, California, June 7, 2010

The iPhone wasn't all Apple - it depended on innovations dreamed up elsewhere, such as GPS and the internet Image: REUTERS/Robert Galbraith

David Gann

Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Development and External Affairs, University of Oxford

Mark Dodgson

Professor of Innovation Studies, The University of Queensland

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