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The European Innovation Scorecard, which measures the relative innovation performance of EU member nations vis-a-vis the U.S. and Japan, shows once again that the Nordic countries (Sweden, Finland, Denmark) are […]

A picture, as they say, is worth a thousand words. This was the cover of the February 17 issue of The Economist: "The end of the cash era." With electronic […]

Over at the USACM Technology Policy Weblog, there's a comprehensive summary of the first-ever public meeting of the Measuring Innovation in the 21st Century Economy advisory committee. This committee, which […]

n nIn a special feature on "dream jobs", an AT&T researcher based in New Jersey explains what the "inventive researcher" does all day. In addition to being given free reign […]

At the upcoming Cebit technology event in Germany, Russia is officially advertising itself as the "Innovation Nation." It's basically an attempt by Russian government officials to highlight the nation's wealth […]

As Amy Chozick of the Wall Street Journal reports, Japan is turning into a hotbed of creativity, thanks to a nascent economic turnaround and a predilection for all things new […]

n nEver wondered what would happen if every U.S. CEO really said what he or she thought, instead of saying what he or she thought shareholders and employees wanted to […]

Over the past week, the official TED Blog has provided great coverage of the goings-on at TED 2007 in California, which this year has the tagline of "Icons. Geniuses. Mavericks." […]

Apple has a long track record of introducing innovative new products, such as the iPod and the iPhone, to popular and critical acclaim. In a witty satire piece, The Onion […]

In order to accelerate and improve the process of reviewing patents, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is experimenting with wikis. As the Washington Post explains, it's all part of […]

On May 20, The New York Times Magazine is sponsoring the 2nd annual "Sunday with the Magazine" event, which will feature conversations with leading innovators and thinkers in fields such […]

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to catch the first episode of CNBC's The Business of Innovation TV series when it aired for the first time on Sunday night. However, it looks […]

As the Vice President of Technical Strategy and Innovation at IBM, Irving Wladawsky-Berger has emerged as one of the most important voices in the online innovation world. Which is why […]

I've heard a lot about these Acapulco cliff divers (clavadistas), and will finally get a chance to see them in action this week during a trip to Mexico. I'm willing […]

European innovation blogger Hannes Treichl has suggested a possible mascot for the Endless Innovation blog: the chameleon. What creature - if not the chameleon - best represents the fact that […]

n nWriting in the March 2007 issue of Harvard Business Review, business school professors Satish Nambisan and Mohanbir Sawhney describe how the Innovation Capitalist can help consumer product companies with […]

There's a tendency in certain circles to think of creativity and innovation as something that can be artificially created by introducing all kinds of cool-looking toys and doodads into the […]

I've been glued to CNBC for the past two nights, trying to make sense of that unexplained global sell-off in the world equity markets that started in China and ended […]

Within Scotland, economic development leaders are debating what to do about the country's "chronically low level of innovation" -- a situation made all the more distressing by the ability of […]

With much of the mainstream business media focusing on rapid, revolutionary change, it's always a treat to discover bloggers and consultants who adopt more of an evolutionary view of business […]