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Open innovation: Knowledge sharing for a better competitiveness

07/06/2010

Globalization, mass access to information and competition to win over talent have made the companies’ traditional business model obsolete, causing a change in their organizations. Henry Chesbrough, professor in Berkeley, was one of the first who bet on overthrowing preconceived ideas about business innovation, coining the term “open  

Chance and Necessity

07/05/2010

Necessity is pointed out by technicians and experts as the mother of invention and, consequently, so it is for technological advancements.   

Uncertainty principle

09/04/2010

In 1926 the German scientist Werner Heisenberg formulated the well-known uncertainty principle. Such theory states that you must first be capable of measuring the present position and velocity of a particle in order to be able to predict its future position and velocity.   

Manifest about passion for innovation

22/02/2010

Modern science began due to some revolutionary minds such as Galileo, who added to the induction and deduction the systematic verification through planned experiments. Or Bacon and Descartes, who started materialistic science, trying to explain the vital process from their physic and chemical base. In the 19th century science entered universities  

Trust, the path to the world of ideas and investment

23/11/2009

"To rush to do something that involves risk" may be a definition of trust.   

Primus inter pares

06/10/2009

The European Parliament has declared 2009 the European year of creativity and innovation.   

 
 
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