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Webinar archives: Engage and Innovate with Challenges and Challenge.gov

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:30:48 -0200

Webinar archives: Engage and Innovate with Challenges and Challenge.gov

The other way around? This is another (very interesting) example of civil technologies that find military application.

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:39:25 -0200

The other way around? This is another (very interesting) example of civil technologies that find military application. Why Does the Air Force Want Thousands of PlayStations?

Prizes and the US innovation policy

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:46:21 -0200

Prizes and the US innovation policy

Interestingly, prizes are suggested as �high-risk, high-reward policy tools to solve tough problems� in the white paper A Strategy For American Innovation: Driving Towards Sustainable Growth And Quality Jobs (which describes the new President Obama's innovation agenda). However, prizes are not widely used yet. Targeted federally-funded prizes have offered total rewards worth only about $50 million since 2004, first year of prize implementation for US agencies (see Federally Funded Innovation Inducement Prizes). That figure may increase notably in the future if, besides those targeted prizes, prizes with purchase commitment are used.

Some media coverage of the recently announced MIT Clean Energy Prize 2010 (MIT offers cash for top clean energy idea - Boston Herald) and related (Using Prizes to Drive Energy Innovation - NYTimes)

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:08:31 -0200

Some media coverage of the recently announced MIT Clean Energy Prize 2010 (MIT offers cash for top clean energy idea - Boston Herald) and related (Using Prizes to Drive Energy Innovation - NYTimes)

More prize money, more innovation?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:02:38 -0200

More prize money, more innovation?

Prizes for innovation are not new, but are increasingly attracting everyone�s attention since a few years ago. It is difficult to know how many innovation prizes have been offered, for example, in the last five years. The idea that prizes can induce innovation has been more supported by recent practices than theory. Although academic research has contributed knowledge to this area, most of the attention has been paid by the broader economics literature on mechanisms to encourage innovation, where prizes are analytically compared with patents and other incentive schemes. We know little about how prizes work in practice. That is the main reason why I decided to focus my doctoral dissertation on innovation inducement prizes. In particular, my research looks at how teams respond to prize incentives, perform R&D activities, and come up with innovations. Hopefully, in the near future, I will be able to provide some insights on how (and to what extent) prizes induce innovation. In the meantime, I will try to post more comments on this and keep my blog updated!

"The Power of Place: A National Strategy for Building America�s Communities of Innovation" (PDF), by the Association of University Research Parks (AURP).

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:51:55 -0200

"The Power of Place: A National Strategy for Building America�s Communities of Innovation" (PDF), by the Association of University Research Parks (AURP).

The The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation has presented a new report on innovation in the US.

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:06:01 -0300

The The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation has presented a new report on innovation in the US. This is part of the series of ideas that the ITIF is suggesting for the next president's agenda. Previously in this blog. I find interesting three of the eight measures suggested in the report: 1. expand tax credit for R&D 2. create a National Innovation Foundation 3. reform the patent system

A preliminary report (PDF) on the U.S.

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:28:56 -0300

A preliminary report (PDF) on the U.S. S&T competitiveness from The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation claims that the earlier RAND research contains numerous analytical flaws and America�s economic competitiveness scenarios are not so optimistic. According to RAND's researchers, the U.S. continues to lead the world in most key science and technology measures. The comprehensive report from ITIF will be available in November 2008.

The Corporate Cup: Cutting-edge companies are offering some major prize money to people who can come up with the next big thing.

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:45:51 -0300

The Corporate Cup: Cutting-edge companies are offering some major prize money to people who can come up with the next big thing. http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/06/0602_innovation_prize/index_01.htm

Innovation Prizes Through History

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:44:02 -0300

Innovation Prizes Through History http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/06/0602_innovation_history/index_01.htm

Cisco Pays Big for New Ideas

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:36:20 -0300

Cisco Pays Big for New Ideas http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2008/tc20080529_968185.htm

WebStormTM by BrightIdea, Inc.

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:34:47 -0300

WebStormTM by BrightIdea, Inc. is an Idea Collection and Ranking Portal that facilitates the innovation process. http://www.brightidea.com

"InnoCentive connects companies, academic institutions, and non-profit organizations, all hungry for breakthrough innovation, with a global network of more than 125,000 of the world's brightest minds on the world's first Open Innovation Marketplace"

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:07:49 -0300

"InnoCentive connects companies, academic institutions, and non-profit organizations, all hungry for breakthrough innovation, with a global network of more than 125,000 of the world's brightest minds on the world's first Open Innovation Marketplace" http://www.innocentive.com/about-us-open-innovation.php

Much Ado about Invention: "We have no shortage of good inventions.

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:03:17 -0300

Much Ado about Invention: "We have no shortage of good inventions. What we need are better ways to bring them to customers." By Michael Schrage May 2004 http://www.technologyreview.com/printer_friendly_article.aspx?id=13595

Economics of Innovation (Suzanne Scotchmer's course at Berkeley)

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:42:25 -0300

Economics of Innovation (Suzanne Scotchmer's course at Berkeley) http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~scotch/innovation/index.htm

KEI Policy Blogs : Prizes

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:17:59 -0300

KEI Policy Blogs : Prizes http://www.keionline.org/index.php?option=com_jd-wp&Itemid=39&cat=11

Space Prizes

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:08:17 -0300

Space Prizes http://spaceprizes.blogspot.com/

Cisco I-Prize blog

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:06:01 -0300

Cisco I-Prize blog http://blogs.cisco.com/innovation/

Øresund Innovation: The Who's Who Index, a catalogue of actors offering innovation support in Denmark

Mon, 03 Sep 2007 12:33:33 -0300

Øresund Innovation: The Who's Who Index, a catalogue of actors offering innovation support in Denmark

The Ignorance of Crowds.

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:32:14 -0300

The Ignorance of Crowds. The open source model can play an important role in innovation, but know its limitations. - http://www.strategy-business.com/press/enewsarticle/enews053107