Buy if it fails to commercialize, there will be another innovation success story waiting around the corner.
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To tell whether the decline of newspapers is just a normal story of disruptive innovation or something the rest of need to worry about, we need to look at outputs, not inputs.
Here are two lessons from the Steel Dynamics story: First, innovation is essential to the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing.
Seen in isolation the story of an amazing innovation or discovery by a teenager seems like an outlier, a one-off.
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Our cover story tracks one such innovation, containerized shipping.
Around the world, the story is the same: Innovation thrives where intellectual property is protected, and innovation dies where it is not.
After all, the country is an economic success story, a powerhouse of technological innovation and a world leader in medical and scientific research.
"I am delighted that the prize can honour the endeavours of these engineers, and make the story of their world-changing innovation known to the public, " he added.
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If so, your story is in desperate need of some innovation.
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They would do well to note the story of Hedy Lamarr and remember that innovation comes in many forms, often from unlikely sources, who all have one thing in common: a love for ideas and an urge to find out if they'll work.
Facebook is a story of U.S. leadership in innovation.
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When I was conducting the research for my book, The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs, I came across one story that provides a glimpse into how Steve Jobs and the company he co-founded has achieved its stunning success.
Unlike Ford, which didn't take U.S. government bailout money, and Toyota, which decided the timing--following the downturn--just isn't right, GM really has a story to tell, she says, citing recent innovation, including its Chevy Volt electric car.
Toyota ( TM - news - people ), which decided the timing--following the downturn--just isn't right, GM really has a story to tell, she says, citing recent innovation, including its Chevy Volt electric car.
"Instead of betting on short-term cycles, people are investing in the longer-term story" of U.S. economic growth backed by innovation in shale-gas technology, said Kunihiro Asai, Nikko Asset Management's head of product development.
His personal story is just as illuminating for how economic and individual freedom catalyze innovation.
That story struck a chord with gamers frustrated by a perceived lack of innovation and forward motion on the traditional consoles, and they swarmed to the campaign in droves.
It's the story of two economic marvels fueled by an ethic of hard work and innovation.
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The story around the School of One points to a few other principles of innovation in education.
But in a lecture on what he's learned about innovation, Mike Lynch - who's the founder of another Cambridge technology success story, Autonomy - bemoaned the fact that all the brilliant work done by the university's scientists had failed to translate into many big hitters in the FTSE-100.
The moral of the story is also clear: there is much that governments can do to stimulate more innovation with little direct cost to taxpayers.
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