The European Patent Office recently announced that 2014 was a record year for patenting activity in the Netherlands. Compared to 2013, the number of patent applications originating from Dutch companies, institutions and inventors grew by over 9%, with health technology and lighting giant Philips leading the pact […]
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Toyota recently announced that it will make 5,680 of its patents related to fuel cells available for royalty-free use by other car manufacturers. Much like Tesla’s move last year (when Elon Musk announced Tesla would make all its patents available for use to anyone), Toyota aims to […]
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Ever since Steve Wozniak filed Apple’s first patent back in 1977, the company has been increasing its yearly patent output immensely: while only 19 patents were published during the first decade of the company’s existence, nowadays about 100-200 patents are published each month, with over 1,800 published patents during […]
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Mobile technology is booming. Investments in startups operating in this market are soaring and rose from $160 million in 2004 to a staggering $6,6 billion in 2013. 2014 is set to shatter all records and has already seen investments of over $23 billion during the first 6 months alone. […]
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Which countries, teams and players dominate the core of the World Cup network, and how are they connected? Although the usual focus of this blog is on a combination of network analytics and innovation / Research & Development, let’s make an exception here and apply a network perspective to show […]
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The European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7) came to a conclusion last year and has been followed up by the new Horizon 2020 programme. Evaluation of FP7 is well underway, but so far has not focused on the actual networks of participating […]
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Google has been making headlines with its myriad of inventions over the past few years. Google Glass is one of the most anticipated products in tech currently, and driverless cars should be becoming reality anytime now. At the same time, Google still focuses its innovation efforts relentlessly […]
Continue reading →Microsoft’s retiring CEO Steve Ballmer recently announced a significant reorganisation¹, transforming the company from its current divisional structure to an organization based on functional areas. The aim is to pursue one single strategy, in which the company’s entire product line is presented as an integrated whole to […]
Continue reading →The previous post showed that Apple’s inventor network witnessed substantial growth between 2007 and 2012. The number of inventors in the largest interconnected cluster increased significantly over the years, with eventually 3 out of every 4 patents resulting from collaborations between inventors in this cluster. Especially the […]
Continue reading →Among consumers and technology enthusiasts, Apple is seen as a true champion in innovation. Since the release of the first iPhone in 2007, the company has grown into one of the world’s largest technology players with an estimated brand worth of $185 billion, according to Millward Brown’s […]
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