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The Economist calls for nominations for the 2010 Innovation Awards.
Nominations for The Economist's Innovation Awards are now open and will be accepted until April 1st 2010. Readers may nominate individuals (not companies) in one of the seven following categories: bioscience, business process, computing and telecoms, consumer goods and services,...
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Robin Bew, Chief Economist of the Economist Intelligence Unit, met with Sir George Cox, Former Chair of the Design Council, earlier this week to discuss how design thinking will aid the post-recession recovery.
Watch the conversation HERE
Robin Bew and Sir George Cox will be speaking at the Redesigning Business Summit on March 11th and 12th.
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For immediate release: Monday, February 16th 2010
Leading economists are supporting the Design Council’s call for businesses to use design to transform how they do business and compete as Britain’s industries battle to recover from the effects of the recession.
Robin Bew, Chief Economist for the Economist Intelligence Unit said “Not only...
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On January 28th 2010, Economist Conferences, in association with Accenture, held its third Davos breakfast forum, based on the results of an ongoing research programme on globalisation conducted by Accenture and the Economist Intelligence Unit. To watch the full discussion, please click here
The twin forces of globalisation and technology will...
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Watch the summary video of the 2009 Pharma Summit featuring Andrew Hotchkiss, Managing Director at Lilly UK; Richard Barker, Director General at ABPI and Wim Leereveld, Chair of the Access to Medicine Index.
This video briefly covers the discussions surrounding "agility and innovation in emerging markets".
For information on this year's Pharma...
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The president and CEO of GE International is joining us on day two of the Redesigning Business Summit in March. Nani Beccalli-Falco will be addressing an audience of 250 business leaders on the business model changes that have been implemented at GE, and he will look at the extent to which design can play an influential role in driving business...
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On the evening of Thursday, October 29th 2009 over 200 senior executives, including this year's winners, judges and summit speakers gathered in the flight gallery of the Science Museum in London for The Economist’s flagship event: The Eighth Annual Innovation Awards ceremony.
The nominations opened on March 6th this year and the winners were...
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For Immediate Release:
Wednesday, October 21st 2009
Reckitt Benckiser wins The Economist’s Innovation Award in the category of Corporate use of Innovation
The Economist is pleased to announce Reckitt Benckiser as the winner of this year’s Corporate use of Innovation Award. The company, one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of household,...
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Monday, October 19th 2009
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The Economist’s Innovation Award for 'No Boundaries' given to Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, for popularising social networking
In 2004, in his sophomore year at Harvard University, Mark Zuckerberg hacked into Harvard’s student records with some friends to...
