“As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse, the Internet can only work if it's a truly level playing field. Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations. A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.” IfsShouldPoliticalAbilityLevelsPowerfulAudienceEconomyMediaFieldsSourceInternetShould HaveInnovationCustomersCorporationsEnginesDiscourseSmall BusinessPlaying FieldsForumsBloggersPolitical DiscourseLevel Playing Field Author:Al Franken
“Innovations that are guided by smallholder farmers, adapted to local circumstances, and sustainable for the economy and environment will be necessary to ensure food security in the future.” EconomyEnvironmentSecurityFoodCircumstancesInnovationLocalsFarmersAdaptedFood Security Author:Bill Gates
“Spin-off technologies are changing the culture. Even if you don't become an engineer you could be a poet, a journalist, a lawyer, but you will be thinking innovation and your actions within society, who you vote for, what you value, all become a participant in an innovation economy.” IfsThinkingActionValuesCultureTechnologyEconomyPoetVoteInnovationLawyerJournalistEngineersParticipants Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“So many people have that kind of attitude and approach to learning that it gives me great hope for the world. I say hope in the sense that innovations in science and technology will be the engines of a 21st century economy and I don't want to go broke, as a nation. So, the hope I have is that, if people embrace it, we'll have a healthier, more secure, wealthier nation than we have.” PeopleIfsWorldWantGivingKindNationsAttitudeTechnologyEconomyCenturyApproachGive MeInnovationEmbraceSecureBrokeEngines21st CenturyScience And TechnologyGreat Hope Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Without investments in research and science that will create the next Apple, create the next new innovation that will sell products around the world, we will lose. If we're not training engineers to make sure that they are equipped here in this country, then companies won't come here. Those investments are what's going to help to make sure that we continue to lead this world economy not just next year, but 10 years from now, 50 years from now, a hundred years from now.” IfsWorldYearsCountryHelpingNextLosesCompanyEconomyThis WorldProductsTrainingResearchHundredInnovationSellsInvestmentAround The WorldApplesEngineersNext YearWorld Economy Author:Barack Obama
“If we want to make the best products, we also have to invest in the best ideas... Every dollar we invested to map the human genome returned $140 to our economy... Today, our scientists are mapping the human brain to unlock the answers to Alzheimer's... Now is not the time to gut these job-creating investments in science and innovation. Now is the time to reach a level of research and development not seen since the height of the Space Race.” IfsWantHumansIdeasTodayJobsSpaceAnswersLevelsRaceBrainEconomyProductsDevelopmentCreatingResearchScientistInnovationDollarsInvestmentHeightGutsMapsHuman BrainAlzheimerAlzheimer'sResearch And DevelopmentGenomeMappingSpace RaceEconomy Today Author:Barack Obama
“Innovation is not the exclusive province of New Economy companies.” CompanyEconomyInnovationExclusiveProvinces Author:John McKinley
“So, I think the output of our innovation is great. We have a culture of self-improvement. I know we can continue to improve. There is no issue. But at the same time, our absolute level of output is fantastic.” ThinkingKnowsSelfCultureLevelsEconomyIssuesSelf ImprovementAbsolutesInnovationImprovementFantasticOutput Author:Steve Ballmer
“I come back to the science that is in it to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and climate change. It's about science, science, science and science, innovation, as we rebuild America, create jobs, invest in our people and turn this economy around.” PeopleJobsAmericaTurnsEconomyInnovationClimateClimate ChangeOilDependenceForeign Oil Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Synthetic Worlds is a surprisingly profound book about the social, political, and economic issues arising from the emergence of vast multiplayer games on the Internet. What Castronova has realized is that these games, where players contribute considerable labor in exchange for things they value, are not merely like real economies, they are real economies, displaying inflation, fraud, Chinese sweatshops, and some surprising in-game innovations.” WorldBookRealPoliticalValuesGamesSocialEconomyIssuesPlayerEconomicInternetLaborInnovationProfoundChineseFraudSurprisingInflationEmergenceSyntheticEconomic IssuesSweatshops Author:Tim Harford
“Most of us understand that innovation is enormously important. It's the only insurance against irrelevance. It's the only guarantee of long-term customer loyalty. It's the only strategy for out-performing a dismal economy.” LongImportantTermEconomyInnovationStrategyCustomersLoyaltyPerformingLong TermGuaranteesCustomer LoyaltyIrrelevance Author:Gary Hamel
“I’m a Republican who embraces science and understands we have to work with the next generation of Millennials to have the innovation and technology so that we can grow a 21st century economy.” NextGrowsTechnologyEconomyGenerationsCenturyRepublicanInnovationEmbrace21st CenturyNext GenerationMillennials Author:George Pataki
“The recent period has been marked by a transformation to an economy that is more productive as competitive forces become increasingly intense and new technologies raise the efficiency of our businesses...While these tendencies were no doubt in train in the "old," pre-1990s economy, they accelerated over the past decade as a number of technologies with their roots in the cumulative innovations of the past half-century began to yield dramatic economic returns.” Has BeensPastForceNumbersHalfTechnologyEconomyDoubtEconomicCenturyReturnPeriodsRootsTransformationInnovationRaisesTrainDecadesIntenseTendenciesDramaticNo DoubtProductiveYieldEfficiencyOver The PastNew TechnologyCumulative Author:Alan Greenspan
“In an increasingly non-linear economy, incremental change is not enough-you have to build a capacity for strategy innovation, one that increases your ability to recognize new opportunities.” EnoughOpportunityAbilityEconomyCapacityIncreaseInnovationStrategyLinearNew OpportunityIncremental Change Author:Gary Hamel
“Inappropriate macro economic policies in some economies, characterised by [a] low savings rate and high consumption [and] failure of financial supervision and regulation to keep up with innovation which allowed financial derivatives to spread.” EconomyEconomicPolicyLowsInnovationRateFinancialSpreadSavingRegulationConsumptionSavingsInappropriateDerivativesEconomic PolicySupervisionMacro Author:Wen Jiabao