R&D Magazine 2013 R&D 100 Winners – list of the 100 “most technologically significant products introduced into the marketplace over the past year.” (see the accompanying press release) Winners are in alphabetical order by primary developer company or research institution. The R&D 100 Awards recognize excellence across a …
If you need to understand U.S. government spending, take a look at USAspending.gov. The first thing you see after a search is a map that lets you know at a glance which states have the most funding for whatever it is you’re looking up. For instance, here’s a search for …
Selected quotes from The Economist’s latest survey of company executives (mostly from North America and Europe) about their outlook for doing business in Asia, Investing in an accelerating Asia? (37-p PDF). After a slowdown in 2012, executives expect better things in 2013 Companies are expecting their sales to grow twice …
Federal R&D Award Trending – comparing a number of sources the author examines trends in federal R&D awards and spending. … even though spending appears to have gone down in 2012, the number of contracts saw a slight increase, implying that there was a smaller average dollar amount per …
Rogue Inventor Saul Griffith Is Radicalizing R&D — With Inflatable Arms – post on Wired about Griffith, who runs a small independent R&D lab in San Francisco, Otherlab. He makes some interesting observations about research labs in general. But he’s also concerned with the way the industry works. Before World War …
Just out – Booz & Co’s Global Innovation 1000: Making Ideas Work. There are interactive features as well as great charts showing change in R&D spending over time, what industries and regions are spending the most, and many more. Here’s the full 16-p PDF. [Note: Booz & Co is now strategy&. …