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Zeroing in on the Big Picture

GE Look Ahead
December 31, 2014

Why, where and how companies will innovate in 2015

If patents are viable proxies for innovation, then “innovation is on the rise”, states the Thomson Reuter’s 2014 State of Innovation report. The computing sector alone logged in 300,000 unique inventions. Rounding out the report’s top five most innovative industries were telecommunications (126,000 patents), automotive (123,000), semiconductors (97,000) and medical devices (75,000). All five industries had more R&D activity in 2013 than in the year before.

 
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Stephen Ezell: ITA Expansion Agreement a Victory for Global Innovation Economy

Stephen Ezell Information Technology And Innovation Foundation
November 14, 2014
The United States and China aren’t the only potential victors to emerge this week from an agreement to expand a two-decade-old list of information and communications technology (ICT) products that can be traded duty-free. The global economy stands to benefit from innovation that would be unlocked by an updated Information Technology Agreement (ITA).
 
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Improving Access to Health: Small and Simple Wins

September 02, 2014
When you think of transformative advances in medical technology, big and complex probably comes to mind — MRI machines that take up entire rooms or robotic arms that can assist in tricky surgeries.
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