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Innovation Could Solve Some of our Thorniest Global Problems
An article on the Boston Globe website noted that we cannot solve today’s complex multi-dimensional challenges by foreign aid, by public services, or by philanthropy alone. No one actor has all the answers or the monopoly of good ideas. Cross-sector cooperation — working with the public, private and non-profit sectors — is more critical now than
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Aussie Fintech Wins Barclays’ Global Open Innovation Challenge
The PR Newswire website reported that Aussie trade financing deep technology startup, Trade Ledger finished ahead of nine other VC-backed companies from across the world to be named the winner of the Barclays UK Ventures Open Innovation Challenge. “Within Barclays UK Ventures, we’re
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User-Driven Innovation
The DT News website noted that innovation with users is a key feature of sustainable firms that are keen to add-value and access new markets. Innovation driven by insight from users and customers helps firms and public sector to devise sound products that meets users’ needs. The pioneering work of
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Are You Open to Open Innovation?
The MDDI website reported that Pfizer and the Institute of Pediatric Innovation organized an open innovation (OI) competition in hopes of addressing an ongoing challenge: administer multiparticulate medicines to children more easily. HS Design, a design firm specializing in medical devices and life sciences,
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Henry Chesbrough on Barriers, Success Stories, and Business Unit Support
The Innovation Leader website posted an article in which Henry Chesbrough discusses why the “inside-out” approach is more challenging for most companies; how open innovation is being practiced at companies like Intel, Eli Lilly, Bayer, and United HealthCare; and some of the common barriers to making
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Buffalo Launches Civic Innovation Challenge
The Niagara Frontier Publications website reported that Mayor Byron Brown launched the inaugural Mayor’s Civic Innovation Challenge Powered by AT&T, seeking creative solutions that address social and civic issues impacting Buffalo residents. Competitors will mine data from the city’s
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Solve it-Open Innovation Challenge
The EventBright website announced that the Innovation Bioscience company is launching a new program called the Solve-It, Open Innovation Challenge. The Solve-It challenge harnesses the collective problem-solving capabilities of life science community, in creating solutions to some of the most pressing
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S. African Space Agency & Airbus launch Open Innovation Challenge
The Itnewsafrica website reported that the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) together with Airbus Defense and Space have launched an Open Innovation Challenge project which is aimed at developing and supporting home-grown applications for earth observation data obtained by satellites. The
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Pitney Bowes Announces Global Hackathon Winners
The BusinessWire website reported that Pitney Bowes, a global technology company, has announced the winners of the Pitney Bowes Global Hackathon. More than 2,000 developers from major technology firms submitted 65 new technology solutions during the contest. The Hackathon invited developers and startups
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Novozymes and Grundfos Kick off Collaboration for Clean Water
The Sustainable Brands website noted that when you combine biotech with cutting-edge water technology, you might find new solutions to some of the most pressing global issues concerning water scarcity. This is the scope, when the world’s leading expert in enzymes and microorganisms, Novozymes, and
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