Section 4: Innovation Ecosystem - The World Economic Forum
Dec 16, 2020 · Research institutions, incubators, venture capitalists and all the relevant actors of the innovation ecosystem should strengthen their efforts to provide equal opportunities to women inventors, researchers and entrepreneurs, and, similarly, address any form of discrimination on the basis of race, religion, disability and sexual orientation.
How to build an innovation ecosystem that accelerates business ...
Jan 16, 2024 · In a more recent transformative experience, HCLTech's chairperson Roshni Nadar Malhotra realised her vision of accelerating innovation in freshwater conservation through the Aquapreneur initiative. This is a $15 million, five-year commitment to power a first-of-its-kind innovation ecosystem for freshwater conservation.
What makes China's innovation ecosystem unique? - The World …
Jun 27, 2023 · China is the world's second-largest economy and looks set to become a global hub of future-looking innovation. But what's behind the transition from being the world's main manufacturing hub to an innovation ecosystem? Members of the World Economic Forum's Innovator Communities outline the cultural and societal factors driving innovation.
How innovation can save the world’s remaining biodiversity
Mar 20, 2024 · Innovation Ecosystem Lead – Nature, World Economic Forum Biodiversity loss is happening at an alarming rate around the world, with profound implications for the survival of all life on Earth. Innovative solutions are helping to tackle biodiversity decline, but many more are needed, alongside the support and financing that will help them to scale.
Creating a Vibrant Food Innovation Ecosystem through Alternative ...
May 21, 2024 · The paper discusses the present challenges in the field and outlines Israel as a case study for country-led approaches in which government leadership is creating the conditions for a robust, highly collaborative food-tech innovation environment focused on shared value – a space that can produce scientific breakthroughs, launch and support public–private sector …
Germany is the world’s most innovative economy
Oct 18, 2018 · Innovation capability had the lowest median score across all 12 pillars, at just 36 - showing how most countries are struggling to get all the factors in place. Generally, high-income economies scored more highly on the key five sub-pillars, showing their innovation ecosystems are more developed.
This is how South Korea can become a global innovation hub
Jan 31, 2022 · Although this news is uplifting, South Korea has not yet achieved a spot in the top tier of the global startup ecosystem – unlike its peers Israel and Singapore. Korea is largely a homogenous country and is hesitant to embrace foreigners; as such, it lacks diversity, a known impetus in driving creativity and resilience.
Why innovation ecosystems are critical to decarbonization
Jun 27, 2024 · However, hard-to-abate sectors are now waking up to the need – and the opportunity – to nurture a wider innovation ecosystem. The mining industry has a key role in the energy transition, extracting critical minerals like copper, nickel and lithium, which are key components in clean technologies like solar panels and electric vehicle batteries.
The Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) 5.0 | World Economic Forum
On the innovation ecosystem, the disparity on innovation capability is large, however, middle income economies such as China, Russia, India, Brazil, and Turkey perform relatively strongly. Similarly, on future orientation of business, middle income economies such as China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam are ahead of multiple high-income economies.
Why innovation is key to unlocking more investment in natural …
Sep 24, 2024 · For example, UpLink's Innovation Ecosystem is helping to drive progress on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, and has run 17 nature-related innovation challenges since 2020. These have engaged with over 200 ecopreneurs - businesses that put the environment at the heart of their business model.