Innovation, broadly defined, is the crucial ingredient in all economic progress—higher growth for nations, more competitive products for companies, and more prosperous careers for individuals.

从广义上来说，创新是所有经济发展的关键因素——它使得国家经济增长更快，公司产品更有竞争力，个人事业更光明顺遂。

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But innovation, broadly defined, is the crucial ingredient in all economic progress—higher growth for nations, more competitive products for companies, and more prosperous careers for individuals.

但是，广义上来说，创新是所有经济进步的关键因素——它使得国家经济增长更快，公司产品更有竞争力，个人事业更兴旺发达。

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BMW can make such a prediction confidently because of the progress it sees in universities, research centres and some start-up companies.

宝马能信心十足地作此预测，是因为它看到了大学、研究中心和一些新兴公司所取得的进展。

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Berin Szoka, with the Progress and Freedom Foundation in Washington, says companies could lose business.

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Many Wall Street analysts, including Kate Zhu of Morgan Stanley whose work I follow closely, are trying to pick the winners and losers among the Chinese companies and are following their progress as they expand abroad.

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McCamant notes the upbeat mood at last week's American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting, where several companies reported progress in development and testing and says several companies are on the verge of marketing potentially "blockbuster" drugs.

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