Building Missoula’s entrepreneurial ecosystem

In theory, a knowledge economy can thrive anywhere. Knowledge work is people-based. It is not innately tied to place. To succeed, many knowledge firms simply need an idea for a good or service, the resources to execute the idea, and the ability to…

President Obama in 2014

By every indicator we are better positioned than any country on earth to succeed in this knowledge economy in the 21st century. But what is absolutely true is that if we don’t make good choices we could decline, and we’re not going to make good choices unless we break out of this cycle…

Q&A: Sultan Al Mansouri, the UAE Minister of Economy, and his views on VAT, infrastructure spending

Vital sectors that are considered engines of economic diversification and knowledge economy will also fuel development. These include the physical, social and…

Full Text: Note ban may slow down economy, says Pranab Mukherjee

Our interactions at the conferences at Rashtrapati Bhavan have yielded several positives in areas like: faculty sourcing and development; ICT for pedagogic refinement; research and innovation; industry-academia…

Another Voice: WNY needs better connectivity with global economy

Running a knowledge-economy business, I chose Buffalo because I see immense opportunity in the city’s economic and geopolitical positioning.

Greece: EIB signs finance agreements to support the knowledge economy, innovation, enterprise and

The European Investment Bank (EIB) today signed three new Greek finance agreements worth a total of EUR 203m to support the knowledge economy, innovation…

Role of Intellectual Property in Knowledge Economy

It is often said that “Knowledge is Power…”

“…But not unless one can enforce it”. added an IP Attorney.

Global economy is pivoting today on a knowledge-centred mechanism. There is a vast…

Kenya to Host Microsoft Sponsored Summit On ‘Innovating Economies’

Amrote Abdella, Regional Director for Microsoft’s 4Afrika initiative agrees, “Innovation is the cornerstone of Africa’s growth into the digital age. Through affordable access to broadband, skills development, and…

Our Views: College cuts undermine growth

The roster of knowledge-economy companies landing here in recent years include GE in New Orleans, CGI in Lafayette, IBM and EA Sports in Baton Rouge — all of them important to governors and mayors as bellwethers for other companies growing in Louisiana.

Imagination for UAE’s prosperity

Today, we are already transitioning from the bounty of oil that helped grow our cities, to an economy based on that most sustainable of resources: our imagination. A knowledge-based economy can be anything you can think up that can be monetized — from next-generation…

Venky advice for politicians

Ramakrishnan said that India — which the government says aspires to becoming a “top science country” by 2030 — is investing far less in science than many other countries.

He stressed that a country should invest in indigenous research and not just take…

How Obama Will Be Remembered in the Higher-Ed World

In a knowledge economy, that’s important.” The administration’s advocacy for community colleges has been unprecedented. “No one in the history of our nation has … emphasized the value of community and our technical-college education like…