In the midst of broader economic pressures, US corporations, such as McKesson Automation are looking to innovation as a means to grow. Kraig McEwen, President, McKesson Automation comments: “We have recently invested in a growth strategy based on innovation and …
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nu Angle rises to US firms’ demand for technology strategy
‘Innovate or die’ is the hard reality and one that progressive US corporations are taking seriously. In response to strong demand in the US for our technology strategy and roadmapping tools, nu Angle has established a Pittsburgh-based company to support …
Creating and implementing a technology roadmap – Smith & Nephew
The roadmap had allowed us to clearly prioritize and communicate our technology investments and activities to the business and has generated real interest from our commercial team who can see the direct relevance to their own goals and objectives. This roadmap isn’t just to give us comfort that we’ve done it but rather it’s driving our daily activity.
Us Firms Investing In Innovation And New Technology Prompts Expansion For British Company nu Angle
‘Innovate or die’ is the hard reality and one that progressive US corporations are taking seriously. In response to strong demand in the US for its technology strategy and roadmapping tools, British company nu Angle has established a Pittsburgh-based company …
Is Heseltine’s economic plan between a rock and a hardplace?
A plan that recommends innovation as a driver of economic growth is surely to be welcomed, but is UK Plc ready to listen? Lord Heseltine has today set out a comprehensive economic plan to improve the UK’s ability to create …
Exploiting the Hydrogen Economy
Our client, a well-known chemicals company, is potentially well placed to exploit the ‘Hydrogen Economy’. This area has many companies and researchers working in it, so it’s vital to pick the right areas of this emerging industry to focus on.
What else could you do with copper?
The question we were recently asked was “can copper be used in other large volume applications at the intersection between its properties and potential new market trends”. In effect the client was asking for a major new growth platform for …
A technology roadmap for your journey
Many of the technology roadmaps that have been published have been developed for national/regional governments or industry sector groups. These broad studies engage a large number of experts and draw conclusions that are useful for the economy as a whole. …
Developing an innovation growth platform – Lonza
Most companies reach a point where their ability to generate growth falls well short of the rates expected by the board and CEO, and demanded by investors. Visionary companies like Lonza anticipate this and set up projects to identify and implement growth platforms well before market conditions dictate.
Measuring economic benefits of business incubation
Absolute measures of incubation are impractical, but performance indicators are useful. Given the relatively small number of studies and the lack of comparability between them, any conclusions should be treated as indicative at best. The UK has approximately 300 business …