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Innovation
How globalization is changing innovation
Globalization has the potential to bolster innovation, productivity, and growth worldwide.
Entrepreneurship
Your colleagues are not dinosaurs – it's workplace routines that make innovation difficult
Implementing innovations is often much harder than thinking them up in the first place, writes a research fellow in Information Systems.
Middle East and North Africa
4 innovation hotspots in the Arab world
From the Algerian telecoms explosion to Emirati start-ups, Arab countries are closing the distance on bigger economies.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the factories of the future
The World Economic Forum, in collaboration with McKinsey, has undertaken a global search and assessment for the most advanced sub-section of companies who are actively deploying 4IR techn...
Innovation
How innovation is playing an increasingly central role in India diplomacy
India’s ongoing efforts in promoting bilateral investment and cooperation in the area of innovation has had a strong impact.
Innovation
The world is turning its back on the inventor. This is what needs to change
Global productivity has become sluggish in the last few years, but a new global patent market could help.
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
What does artificial intelligence mean for the future of science?
Scientists have used machine learning to predict a chaotic weather system, but it raises questions about understanding in machines.
Innovation
Ancient techniques may hold the key to the technology of tomorrow
Researchers are using kirigami, an ancient method of paper folding, as inspiration for a number of new technologies.
Entrepreneurship
Why you should wait until your 40s to become an entrepreneur, according to a new study
What’s the best age to become an entrepreneur? Older than you might think, new research suggests.
Entrepreneurship
This is how knowledge flows across the globe
IMF research looks at the flow of knowledge across borders and around the world.
Entrepreneurship
Introducing schoolkids to the world of work can have immense benefits
A new report says schemes that combine the classroom with the workplace could have numerous benefits.
Innovation
What is the future of office spaces?
With many people spending the majority of their time in an office, designers are looking to find ways to make work environments more spatially and mentally appealing.
Behavioural Sciences
Why having a good team requires some conflict
Assembling a great team requires lots of different views and opinions.
Emerging Technologies
These apps could help you overcome your online addiction
The rise of constant technology means that gamification; the act of turning tasks into games, may be the only way to get us to focus.
Leadership
These are the leadership lessons we can learn from the Thai cave rescue
A huge international rescue effort saved members of a football team trapped in a cave network.