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Australia’s Place On The Global Innovation Map
By Alberto Onetti There is a global race for innovation and startups today. Regions and cities around the world are working hard to push their own startup ecosystems and put them on the global map. Unfortunately, the main “innovation hunters” (VC funds and large corporates) tend to focus their scouting efforts toward high-density ecosystems such…
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Retail innovation has stalled. Here’s how to jump-start it.
Rightpoint’s Wendy Karlyn argues that retail innovation has slowed after a flurry of activity. For The Drum’s retail deep dive, she tells us how to get it back on track. After several years of rapid evolution in commerce, from the explosion of social commerce to the widespread integration of online and in-store pickups and returns,…
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USAID’s Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) grants $6.5 million to Village Enterprise to support Rwandans living in poverty to become entrepreneurs
Largest USAID DIV grant for more than a decade will help Rwanda reach their goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030 The grant will impact over 30,000 households in Rwanda, and empower the launch of 10,000 group businesses The innovative poverty graduation program will equip the Rwandan government with the tools and resources needed to scale…
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Hisense’s Smart Life Products Honored with CES 2024 Innovation Awards
QINGDAO, China, Nov. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Three products from Hisense, the global consumer electronics and appliances corporation, have been recognized as CES® 2024 Innovation Award honorees: 110 UX, In-Vehicle Projection System and Smart Built-In Dishwasher. The annual CES Innovation Awards from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), the organization behind CES, recognizes outstanding design and engineering…
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Huawei announces Paris Innovation Center on Europe Innovation Day
[Paris, France, November 15, 2023] Huawei hosted Innovation Day 2023 today in Paris, under the theme of ‘SME Innovation: Unlocking Europe’s Economic Future’. The event brought together innovators from Europe and beyond to discuss how to work together for SMEs to thrive. During the event, Huawei announced the opening of its Paris Innovation Center, which…
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Payments Innovation Drives Improved Operational Outcomes
How businesses get paid has a sizable downstream impact on the way they operate. And as businesses prioritize operational efficiency and working capital preservation, the B2B payments landscape is expected to see its own transformations in the coming years. “B2B payments is the one payment area that lags everything else,” Tom Randklev, global head of product…
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WIC Workshop kicks off NPS’ Annual Innovation Continuum
In today’s era of strategic competition, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps understand that innovation is a key to success in the maritime warfighting domain. To that end, every year the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) brings together representatives from the fleet, service headquarters, the Naval Research and Development Establishment, and industry to work with NPS…
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AI’s Latest Job: Capture The ‘X’ Factor In Business Innovation
Can artificial intelligence capture, or at least simulate, the ‘X’ factor in business idea creation — you know, that innovative spark? Can it help boost creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship in ways not possible in previous times? A new survey of startup founders and creative professionals finds AI has become a new tool to take business…
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ISSA Show North America Celebrates 2023 Innovation Awards Winners | Cleaning & Maintenance Management
The third day of ISSA Show North America 2023 opened with a presentation by Doc Hendley, founder and president of Wine To Water, a nonprofit organization that provides clean drinking water to people worldwide. Since Hendley started the nonprofit in 2004, it has served hundreds of thousands of people across the globe. “We just reached…
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City’s Office of Innovation and Technology Releases Strategic Plan for 2024-2025 | Office of Innovation and Technology
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia’s Office of Innovation and Technology (OIT) today released a Strategic Plan. This document is designed to maintain the momentum and focus of OIT over the next several months, throughout the mayoral transition, and beyond. The Plan identifies a carefully chosen set of strategies to ensure key operational objectives continue…