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GUV Summit 2014: Innovation through collaboration

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The second Global University Venturing Summit will take place this year at The Crystal, London on the 21st and 22nd of October 2014. The GUV Summit will tackle the theme of “Innovation through Collaboration”, and discuss how universities foster innovation across campus, with peer institutions, investors, governments, and corporations. Read More »

The Disruption Machine: What the Gospel of Innovation Gets Wrong

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颠覆式创新:创新福音哪里出了错? Clayton M. Christensen coined the phrase "disruptive technologies" in an article co-written with Joseph Bower. Later it leads to the term "disruptive innovation", which refers to "the selling of a cheaper, poorer-quality product that initially reaches less profitable customers but eventually takes over and devours an entire industry." In recent New Yorker Issue, article The Disruption Machine reveals worries and panics people have from disruptive innovation. Read More »

A Rise of Innovation Districts: A New Geography of Innovation in America

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创新区的崛起:创新在美国的地缘划分 As the United States slowly emerges from the Great Recession, a remarkable shift is occurring in the spatial geography of innovation. For the past 50 years, the landscape of innovation has been dominated by places like Silicon Valley—suburban corridors of spatially isolated corporate campuses, accessible only by car, with little emphasis on the quality of life or on integrating work, housing and recreation, stated in Brookings recent report on innovation districts. Read More »