UK business investment in innovation looks to have fallen sharply since the 2008 financial crisis. More intriguingly, there are signs of a longer-standing investment problem that started long before 2008.
Or: How do you find the low-hanging fruit in an invisible orchard?
Industrial policy is back. Vince Cable, Britain's Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills is calling for a "proper industrial policy" to create "a different type of economy".
The Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Innovators is an interesting list of patenting activity by big companies. But it would be crazy to see it as an indicator of how innovative the UK is.
Venture capital has much to be proud of. In the past fifty years, it has helped build a host of great companies, from Intel and Genentech to Facebook and Google.
As the Eurozone drifts towards a reprise of the crisis of 2008 and export-led growth looks increasingly difficult, we're seeing renewed debate over the merits of an economic "Plan B".
Attempts to subjugate Austria to Germany generally turn out badly. There’s a surprising lesson here for politicians who talk about innovation.
There's no easy way of saying this. This is a blog post about government procurement and how it can encourage innovation.
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