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Roots of Innovation

November 2009

November 2009

Economic expansion depends more and more on innovation — not simply producing more goods and services, but producing ever newer goods and services. This issue of eJournal USA seeks to show that innovation needs the right conditions to emerge.

Inside This Publication

Volume 14, Number 11, ISSN 1948-4399 (online)

FROM THE EDITORS

People and Places

  • What Is Innovation?

    David Nordfors, Co-founder and Executive Director, VINNOVA - Stanford Research Center of Innovation Journalism
    Innovation is invention plus introduction, and it is increasingly seen as crucial for economies and governments alike.

  • Culture and Innovation Linked

    Rocco Leonard Martino, Founder and President, CyberFone Technologies
    Those cultures that allow their people to dream, innovate, and produce will be the winners in the race for economic independence.

  • The Global Geography of Innovation

    G. Pascal Zachary, Journalist, Author, and Teacher
    Silicon Valley and other geographic clusters of innovation emerge for practical reasons.

  • Four Secrets of Innovation

    Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, Research Director, Institute for the Future
    Scientists and businessmen are learning more than ever how to collaborate for innovation.

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