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| 2024 |
Gartner hype cycle
The Economist conducted research on the Gartner Hype Cycle, critically examining its methodology and effectiveness in predicting technology adoption.
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| 2024 |
Global Innovation Index
Global Innovation Index 2024 published, ranking 133 countries and regions on innovation performance, with Switzerland leading at the top of the ranking with a score of 67.5.
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| 2024 |
Social innovation
Halvorson and Kurtz published 'This Little World: A How-To Guide for Social Innovators' through Routledge, providing practical guidance for social innovation practitioners.
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| July 2024 |
Eating your own dog food
After the CrowdStrike outages, CEO Adam Meyers testified before the US Congress about 'dogfooding' as a method to improve internal testing and prevent future system problems.
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| 2023 | Robra et al. published a research paper proposing a counter-hegemonic view of innovation, challenging the traditional capitalist approach by emphasizing user-value, societal needs, and ecological sustainability. |
| 2023 | Sir David MacMillan (Nobel Prize-winning organic chemist) and Dame Kate Bingham (Vaccine Taskforce leader) joined ARIA's board to advance high-risk/high-reward research. |
| 2023 | Silicon Wadi (Israel's high-tech sector) was ranked the 4th leading startup ecosystem in the world, with a value of $253 billion. |
| 2023 |
Disruptive innovation
W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne published 'Beyond Disruption', a book critically examining the social costs of disruptive innovation theory.
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| 2023 |
Co-creation
Fisher & Rindfleisch developed the CO-CREATION READINESS SCORECARD, a tool to help firms assess and manage risks associated with co-creation processes by asking 12 key questions about contribution and selection readiness.
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| 2023 |
Co-creation
Fisher and Rindfleisch published research outlining key steps and challenges in the co-creation process, identifying two critical stages: contribution and selection of customer ideas.
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| January 2023 | ARIA was formally established as an independent research body. |
| January 26 2023 | ARIA was formally established as an official research funding organization in the United Kingdom. |
| 2022 |
Bass diffusion model
Orbach comprehensively summarized and mapped the diffusion behavior across different regions of the p,q parameter space, revealing how market adoption can be affected by various barriers and stimuli.
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| 2022 | The Advanced Research and Invention Agency Act 2022 created the legislative framework for establishing ARIA as an independent research body. |
| 2022 | 67% of enterprises in the Central, Eastern, and South Eastern regions deployed at least one sophisticated digital technology, while 69% of EU firms did the same. |
| 2022 |
Roboexotica
Roboexotica was invited to host the opening night party at Fantastic Fest.
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| July 20 2022 | The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy announced Ilan Gur as ARIA's first CEO and Matt Clifford as its first Chair. |
| 2021 |
Global Innovation Index
The publication of the Global Innovation Index transitioned, with World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) ending its direct publication partnership with Cornell University, INSEAD, and other institutions.
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| 2021 | A survey revealed that 14% of enterprises in the Central, Eastern, and South Eastern regions are active innovators, spending heavily on research and development and developing new products, processes, or services. |
| 2021 |
Innovation in Malaysia
A national strategy on Artificial Intelligence was reportedly under development.
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| 2021 |
Innovation in Malaysia
Smart Manufacturing Experience Centre was launched, providing a 'test bed' for companies to trial innovations and training for higher learning institutes and private sector in Industry 4.0 technologies.
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| 2021 |
Roboexotica
Roboexotica continued its delivery service format, maintaining the live-streamed videocast approach from the previous year.
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| March 2021 | Labour MP Dawn Butler criticized ARIA's exemption from Freedom of Information requests, expressing concerns about transparency of government spending. |
| February 2021 |
Innovation in Malaysia
66 SMEs and mid-tier firms in traditional sectors were awarded the Smart Automation Grant as part of the National Economic Recovery Plan (Penjana) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and political crisis.
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| February 2021 |
Innovation in Malaysia
The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation launches the Malaysia Grand Challenge to encourage disruptive innovation and reduce reliance on foreign technologies, introducing five new funding mechanisms for start-ups and SMEs.
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| February 19 2021 | The Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) was first announced by the UK government as a new research funding agency. |
| 2020 |
Innovation system
Granstrand and Holgersson conduct a conceptual review, defining innovation ecosystems as an evolving set of actors, activities, artifacts, and institutional relations important for innovative performance.
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| 2020 |
Food truck
The online directory Where The Truck listed approximately 5,000 food trucks across Australia, highlighting the growing popularity of mobile food businesses in the country.
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| 2020 |
Global Innovation Index
Global Innovation Index published a report with the theme 'Who will finance innovation?', focusing on investigating the evolution of innovation financing mechanisms and exploring challenges and progress in the field.
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| 2020 | Global Innovation Index released, with Switzerland ranking first with a score of 66.08, highlighting the country's leading position in global innovation metrics. |
| 2020 | Bloomberg Innovation Index published, ranking South Korea as the top innovative country with a score of 90.49. |
| 2020 | Innovation Indicator published, showing Switzerland at the top of the rankings with a score of 74, demonstrating consistent innovation leadership across different measurement frameworks. |
| 2020 | The federal research and development budget was $156 billion, with 41.4% ($108.5 billion) allocated to the Department of Defense (DOD) for research, development, test, and evaluation. |
| 2020 | During the pandemic, firms engaged in digitisation reported significant expenditure on software, data, IT infrastructure, and website operations. |
| 2020 |
Innovation in Malaysia
Two of the four large-scale solar projects became operational.
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| 2020 |
Innovation in Malaysia
Malaysia's planned target to raise research spending to 2% of GDP, though the goal appears to have been challenging to achieve.
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| 2020 |
Innovation in Malaysia
Malaysian government allocated 1.1 billion Malaysian Ringgit (approximately US$270 million) to five economic corridors to support industrial development projects like the Chuping Valley Industrial Area and Kuantan Port.
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| 2020 |
Roboexotica
Due to pandemic conditions, Roboexotica was adapted into a delivery service, bringing cocktail robots to customers in the Vienna area via a van, with live-streaming hosted by Johannes Grenzfurthner.
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| July 2020 |
Innovation in Malaysia
Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation launched the Smart Automation Grant to help firms digitalize their business processes, targeting services sector companies willing to invest in digital transformation.
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| June 2020 |
Innovation in Malaysia
Standard and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia announced the Smart Manufacturing Experience Centre to support SMEs in developing Industry 4.0 strategies and technologies.
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| 2019 |
Innovation system
The International Organization for Standardization published ISO 56002, a comprehensive standard for creating a structured management system for innovation, which was subsequently integrated into European Norms and British Standards as BS EN ISO 56002:2019.
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| 2019 | His book 'The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind' was adapted into a film, starring and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor. |
| 2019 |
Social innovation
Mulgan published 'Social Innovation: how societies find the power to change' through Policy Press, further expanding scholarly discourse on social innovation.
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