The study suggests that remuneration packages are dominated by measures that inhibit corporate innovation. One would expect that the incentives given to company management would, on balance, encourage innovation. Origen: The Invisible Drag on UK R&D: How corporate incentives within the FTSE 350 inhibit innovation | Nesta Innovation is a key driver of prosperity and [...]
While the wealth gap has narrowed globally, inequality within advanced economies has increased since the 1980s. My own take: G-7 is no more a convenient focus group for worldwide studies… <iframe src='//players.brightcove.net/1971571337001/HkOJqCPWdb_default/index.html?videoId=6049611314001' allowfullscreen frameborder=0></iframe> Origen: G7 Inequality: A persisting challenge and its implications | McKinsey Highlights of the abridged version of the discussion paper. We [...]
worth read article on this interesting system we all live into, built upon trial and error. …the man who almost bankrupted a country and the supreme advocate of bankers’ bailouts would be amused to see just how little we have learned… Origen: The Invention of Money | The New Yorker How did these once wild [...]
Enlazaba @nonoregaa esta entrada en respuesta a la reflexión de @AndresGReche que cayó ante mis ojos justo después de leer un artículo que ha estado bastante tiempo en una pestaña de mi navegador sobre la importancia del gobierno americano en la puesta en marcha de esa maquinaria que es Silicon Valley. Serendipia. Para ver la [...]
Dwight Eisenhower never declared, “I shall build a science city in Northern California.” Yet the military spending and space program spending that started under Eisenhower was the launching pad for Silicon Valley’s rocket. @medium: The Hidden History of How the Government Kick-Started Silicon Valley So in Silicon Valley, or the tech industry more broadly, you [...]
Switzerland is the world’s most-innovative country followed by Sweden, the United States of America, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, according to the 2019 edition of the Global Innovation Index (GII). Outside of Europe and North America, regional GII innovation leaders are India, South Africa, Chile, Israel and Singapore. In addition, China, Viet Nam and [...]