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".
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.
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.
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.
Sir John Vickers's Independent Commission on Banking raises interesting questions on what banking reform means for innovative businesses, and vice versa.
Anyone with a pulse and an interest in innovative business should read Luke Johnson’s FT column. You can rely on it for a challenging, entrepreneurial take on the economy.
UK and US VC performance have been converging - but it's not all plain sailing
In February, NESTA issued a call for proposals to build further evidence on high-growth firms.
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