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We’re less productive than in the past. Here are five potential explanations
Despite recent innovations such as social media, big data, fintech and the sharing economy, productivity growth has slowed since the global financial crisis. Here's why.
Competitiveness
It matters how competitive your country is. Here are three reasons why
Greater living standards. Resilience to economic shocks. These are some of the reasons why nations should take their competitiveness seriously.
Chemistry, Advanced Materials and Biotechnology
Three ways digital innovation is revolutionizing chemistry & advanced materials
There are three areas where digital innovation can deliver greater value and revolutionize chemistry & advanced materials over the next decade.
Digital
Why digital innovation in telecommunications needs to be about more than just connectivity
How can the telecommunications industry be competitive in a digital world, at the intersection of Moore’s law, wireless technology, machine learning and cloud computing?
Emerging Technologies
12 robots that could make (or break) the oceans
Rapid progress in the development of robotics, AI, low-cost sensors, satellite systems, big data and genetics are opening up whole new sectors of ocean use and research.
Growth
Innovation, productivity and growth: The end of an era?
Two competing theories on the changing link between innovation and productivity.
Cyber Security
AI everywhere, skills for jobs that don't yet exist and other must-read stories for the weekend
A round-up of the top stories from the past seven days, including why it's worth investing in women's sport and trends and divisions in European innovation.
Automotive
Are ride-sharing apps promoting or restricting competition?
We have price comparison sites for almost everything – but not for ride-sharing apps. Are these companies putting up barriers to competition?
Europe
This map tells you everything you need to know about innovation in Europe
Sweden leads a ranking of innovative countries in Europe.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
These are the most innovative companies in the world
Nine of the 10 most innovative companies in the world are based in the US, according to Forbes.
Economy
These are the world’s most innovative economies
These are the Global Innovation Index 2016’s most innovative economies.
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
The skills you'll need in the workplace of the future? Why not ask a robot
Researchers exploring the future of the workplace plan to ask machines what they think.
Innovation
Space submarines are being developed to explore Saturn's and Jupiter's moons
NASA has committed funding to submarines for exploring oceans and lakes in space.
Innovation
NASA is getting ready to send a spacecraft closer to the sun than ever before
NASA's Solar Probe Plus mission is set to launch in 2018, and will travel to within 4 million miles of the sun. That's 7 times closer than ever before.
Future of Health and Healthcare
These tiny robots could transform modern medicine
Researchers have developed nanoscale soft micromachines that could help treat disease.