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AbCellera Biologics Inc was the first to co-develop an antibody therapeutic for COVID-19, it was the first to receive FDA Emergency Use Authorisation and by 2021 had prevented more than 11,000 deaths in the US alone. This case-study illustrates how the strategy taken by the scientist-entrepreneur before formation of an academic spinout can make a significant impact on its success.
Dr Elicia Maine accepts the CSPC Trail Blazer Award for her work on the i2I program, which aims to develop an entrepreneurial mindset in graduate scientists and engineers.
The role of R&D Today is to signpost fresh ideas in innovation management and also to provide a context for those new to the discipline. To support this we have refreshed the look and feel of the website and have included a new ‘Knowledge Hub’ to make it easy to find the information about a subject of interest using a key word search.
Artificial intelligence is augmenting the work that humans do, not fully automating it. That means companies should focus on situations where AI augmentation makes sense, according to a new book by Thomas Davenport, fellow at the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy.
For those submitting abstracts to the 2023 R&D Management Conference, Seville, Spain, 17-21 June the deadline has been extended to 13th February 2023.
Why do entrepreneurial ecosystems emerge where they do – and what determines their success. Christina Theodoraki, Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management at TBS Education, discusses some of the considerations and why she finds the subject fascinating.
Reductions to R&D tax credits and lack of access to European innovation funding programmes are driving UK companies to ‘off shore’ their R&D activities, a study by the Ayming Institute has found in its inaugural UK Innovation Barometer 2023.
There is a unique opportunity to interact with experienced researchers in the field of Innovation and R&D Management at the Doctoral Colloquium, June 17-18, 2023, to be held in Seville, Spain in the week of the R&D Management Conference.
The deadline for abstracts and colloquium submissions for the 2023 R&D Management Conference is 1 February 2023.
The rags to riches story of Cinderella may just seem like a children’s fairy tale, but actually it is witty joke about innovation, according to Genevieve Warwick, Professor of the History of Art at the University of Edinburgh.
Set up by two first time entrepreneurs, Namasté Solar, is a workers co-operative based in Boulder USA. It aimed to provide innovative solar electric to Colorado and to distribute the benefits of its success to future employees. But when the cooperative needed finance to grow it looked as though it would have to compromise those ideals.
Authors Júlia Martins Rodrigues, Nathan Schneider discusses how Namasté Solar developed an adaptive network to overcome a range of challenges and become one of the largest worker co-ops in the United States.
Living labs have an important role for collaborative innovation, but elderly consumers may have difficulties participating in a virtual cafe. This research project investigated the role of intermediates and found they have a valuable role in facilitating the involvement of the older population at the fuzzy frontend of innovation.