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United Technologies Launches Technology Lab in India
The News Minute website reported that the U.S. conglomerate United Technologies (UT) has entered into a strategic agreement with the Indian startup T-Hub to launch an advanced emerging technologies laboratory in Hyderabad. UT recognizes that all innovations cannot be done internally and is collaborating with startup engines and incubation centers across
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AkzoNobel Launches Open Innovation Challenge
The Bio-Based World News website reported that the major chemical company AkzoNobel has launched Imagine Chemistry, an open innovation challenge aimed at start-ups and chemistry professionals to find new opportunities for innovation and sustainable growth. This is a platform to provide a head start to
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Yara and SINTEF Establish Innovation Hub
The WebWire website reported that next generation fertilizer, new sensor technologies and the establishment of a new innovation hub are key elements in the new partnership agreement between the companies SINTEF and Yara. “Yara needs to find new ways to meet the future requirements for fertilizer production,
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How Innovation Can Solve Society’s Problems
The SwissInfo website noted that there are more and more problems in the world where open innovation is the only strategy that works. For example, without open science, CERN wouldn’t be able to process the massive amount of data coming out of the Large Hadron Collider. Today, open innovation usually
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Henry Ford’s Model of ‘Change’
The SCMP website noted that open innovation is a solution that can benefit all types of businesses. It can help multinationals that welcome startups, university students and eco-system businesses into their fold to assist in improving processes, rethinking services, products and customer interaction.
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Nestle: Committed to Working With Start-Ups
The BQLive website quoted Gerardo Mazzeo Global Innovation Director at Nestle: “As the world becomes ever more interconnected, we as companies are beginning to realize the benefits of looking beyond our own walls for new ideas. No longer is innovation limited to the internal R&D team, but we
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New York City Fuels FinTech Innovation
The Baseline website reported that an open innovation framework established by the Partnership for New York City, Accenture and financial institutions spurs tech advances and economic gains. For most business and IT executives, today’s furious rate of technology change represents both opportunities
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First Petrochemicals Complex in Vietnam
The Vietnamnet website reported that the Siam Cement Group (SCG), the second largest company in Thailand, has recently approved investment in the first petrochemicals complex in Vietnam, Long Son Petrochemicals, with a 71 per cent stake and investment of $5.4 billion, with the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group
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Europe has Untapped Medical Innovation
The PharmaPhorum website noted that the ‘open innovation’ strategy is being pursued by all the big pharma companies – and now it’s simply a matter of who executes best on this approach. This is one of the boldest efforts in big pharma to create relationships with entrepreneurs, scientists and
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MIT’s 2017 Global Challenges
The MIT News website reported that MIT’s initiative that brings together problem-solvers of all stripes to tackle the world’s pressing problems — has four new global challenges for 2017: brain health; sustainable urban communities; women and technology; and youth, skills, and the workforce of the
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