Sentences with phrase «policies led to innovation»

Yes, these policies led to innovation, but the innovation that followed addressed short - term needs to bring technologies to market.

Not exact matches

The ongoing US recovery, the new US administration's decision to restart the approval process for the Keystone XL pipeline and other energy projects, and further policy measures, including tax reform, deregulation and infrastructure spending, could boost both demand and business confidence, igniting animal spirits and leading to an acceleration in the rates of investment, firm creation and innovation.

Stakeholders» input was integrated into development of A Healthy Start for Minnesota Children: Supporting Opportunities for Life - Long Health, a theory of change that depicts how public understanding, health in all policies, and community innovation lead to 1) safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments and 2) social and economic security, which in turn will help the state achieve its ultimate outcome — that every Minnesota child, prenatal to age three years, will thrive in their family and community and achieve their full potential regardless of their race, where they live, or their family's income.

Of course, there are other necessary elements including an innovation strategy, policies to boost human capital giving employees a stake and voice in the firm as well as upgrading skills, more investment in science and R&D, and more risk capital for firms in export - led sectors.

This innovation, led by the Prime Minister, will help deliver a more robust and integrated approach to Britain's national security policy.

We have not lost our position as a global leader in science and technology innovation, but even the best policies will not lead to continued advancements and breakthroughs without financial commitments to the fields of science and technology from our Federal and state governments.

But we must realize that forward - thinking policy and investments lead to economic prosperity that, in turn, supports greater breakthroughs in innovation.

«Our aim has been to focus attention and stimulate debate about these subjects, potentially leading to new research foci, policy developments, or business innovations,» the authors wrote in introducing their list of top trends to watch in 2017.

It says Congress should put a priority on policies that enable innovation and that could lead to clean sources of energy, but it does not specify what policies those are and does not address whether climate change is real.

The «outcome - oriented approach, which primarily values the attainment of effective policy outcomes,» leads foundations to «act as effective, efficient problem solvers that can circumvent bureaucratic blockages and catalyze innovation.»

It will indeed be a cause to cheer if and when policy - makers start to turn their sights away from the zero - sum game of whose schools are outperforming on ELA and Math tests and towards the ends that chartered schools were supposed to lead us in the first place: teacher empowerment, innovation, entrepreneurism and new models of teaching and learning to name just a few.

And although states have been the primary drivers of testing policies, this innovation plan would enable districts, consortiums, and school networks — especially those that aspire to use richer and newer forms of assessment — to take the lead.

«Principals and schools didn't seek innovation status to make wholesale changes,» lead researcher Kelci Price told a crowded room of lawmakers, education policy wonks and others during a legislative briefing Wednesday at CEA headquarters.

Our mission is to advance student - centered learning for all students, by supporting teachers designing and leading schools, and by advocating for policy that is open to innovation.

In this webinar co-sponsored by the College & Career Readiness & Success Center at AIR, AYPF, iNACOL, and Center on Innovations in Learning, leading national experts will make practical sense of common personalized learning approaches, providing examples of what they look like in practice, policy conditions for implementation, and how they can be used to promote specific aspects of college and career readiness.

Its policy of risk - taking and innovation coupled with an ethos of bringing the very best international work to Scotland and the UK for the first time, has led to many outstanding experiences for audiences.

This might be a good time to reflect on the prospects for building support for a fundamental reexamination of incentives and disincentives in energy and innovation policy that could help America lead the way toward a global energy menu that can work for the long haul — and not just for an array of vested interests.

A Romanian - born journalist with no training in ecological matters, he secured a Canada Council of the Arts grant to write The Conserver Solution (1978), a treatise that argued technological and policy innovations could lead to an improved environment without sacrificing our high standard of living.

Over the past five years, Teryn has served as one of the country's leading young voices for federal policies to strengthen U.S. energy innovation and economic competitiveness.

In an op - ed which appeared on July 27th in The Boston Globe (click here for link to the original op - ed), Richard Schmalensee and I commented on this unfortunate outcome of U.S. political debates and described the irony that the attack on cap - and - trade — and carbon - pricing, more broadly — has been led by conservatives, who should take pride as the creators of these cost - effective policy innovations in three Republican administrations.

Companies that set ambitious greenhouse gas reduction efforts today will gain a competitive advantage in the years to come, for a few reasons: Gains in efficiency lead to cost savings; credible targets bolster a company's reputation; ambitious goals spur innovation and transformational change, which can unlock opportunities for growth; and science - based targets will help companies stay ahead of shifting public policies.

Next, he was hired to run the summer fellows program at the Breakthrough Institute, where he eventually spent four years, leading research into energy, climate change, and innovation policy.

In each case harmful effects were limited via policy and resulting market pressures lead to technological innovations.

ITIF and other leading policy think tanks host a day - long conference to ask the hard questions about energy technology policy and innovation in America.

NCSEA works with its members and partners to transform our state and region's energy system through leading - edge market innovation and policy advocacy primarily in ten clean energy technology sectors: alternative fuel vehicles (primarily electric vehicles), biogas, energy efficiency, energy storage, fuel cells, geothermal, hydropower / marine, smart grid, solar, and wind.

Ahmedabad, India, leads the pack as cities in developing nations race ahead of their richer counterparts in adopting eco-friendly transit solutions, according to the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), which last week gave the western Indian city its 2010 Sustainable Transport Award.The award has been given out since 2005 to a city that best «uses transport innovations to increase mobility for all residents, while reducing transportation greenhouse [gas] and air pollution emissions and increasing cyclist and pedestrian safety and access.»

Stakeholders» input was integrated into development of A Healthy Start for Minnesota Children: Supporting Opportunities for Life - Long Health, a theory of change that depicts how public understanding, health in all policies, and community innovation lead to 1) safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments and 2) social and economic security, which in turn will help the state achieve its ultimate outcome — that every Minnesota child, prenatal to age three years, will thrive in their family and community and achieve their full potential regardless of their race, where they live, or their family's income.