缩小产业界与学术界之间的创新差异 Numerous gaps are created when the industry and the academia try to work together. The gap between industry and academia is characteristic of Deep Innovation, dissuading venture capitalists from investing in scientific projects at an early stage and leaving numerous good ideas in "The Valley of Death". How can a good venture ecosystem bridge this gap?

私募股权基金并非全盘皆“差” Private equity funds often receive criticism for cynically extracting value from companies to the disadvantage of investors. This begs the question - what exactly private equity funds do to create value? Mark Humphery-Jenner of UNSW (Australia) explains in a guest post.

医学与创新技术融合中心（CIMIT）——连接学术界与医学创新的鸿沟 Innovation in the medical domain faces many challenges, as most researchers tend to work in siloed laboratories, without the entrepreneurial acumen and collaborative paradigms needed to implement their ideas. CIMIT, a Boston-based consortium of academic and research facilities, has overcome these challenges with hundreds of patents, thousands of peer-reviewed publications and six hundred projects funded within the last 18 years. How do they do it? Prof. Steven Schachter, Chief Academic Officer, explains.

欧洲复兴开发银行——重振发展、竞争力与投资 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is organising a conference in Budapest on 9-10 November 2016 with the support of the Hungarian government on how to reinvigorate growth and investment in the EU member states where the Bank invests. Opening addresses by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and EBRD President Sir Suma Chakrabarti will be followed by a …

非洲经济发展已止步不前？ The World Economic Outlook published on 4-Oct-2016 by the IMF paints a highly mixed picture for Sub-Saharan Africa, predicting a meager growth rate of 1.4% in 2017 – the lowest since the early 1990's. Is Africa’s surge of progress over? Was it high commodity prices alone that drove recent advances? Will this be the end of the African leap of faith towards a new age of venture and innovation? Peter Stein, CEO of Stein Brothers AB and a noted expert on African economy, explains in a special guest post for CIV.