Until we humans begin to understand the promotion of greed, and begin to appropriately
reward innovation for the benefit of all mankind, we will have no purchase on this issue.
Not exact matches
More broadly, prize competitions to
reward targeted
innovation and crowd - source new ideas offer a highly cost - effective opportunity
for government to leverage its scarce resources
for important public goals.
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It is a hard concept to explain precisely and to quantify, but the idea of differing levels of social capital helps explain why,
for example, French entrepreneurs (not to mention Indian, Chinese, Mexican and Nigerian) are more likely to create successful tech startups in the US or the UK than at home, or why it is easier to start a business in Sidney than in Beijing, or why technological
innovation is not evenly spread out among countries, even among countries at similar development levels, but rather tends to cluster in a few areas in a few countries where tech entrepreneurs seem to believe that their work is made easier and the
rewards greater.
National Venture Capital Association Represents the U.S. venture capital community by advocating
for policies that encourage
innovation and
reward long - term investment
He said private
rewards for innovation in the space has worked out «quite well.»
Exhibit A is a price on carbon, a foundational policy that
rewards clean
innovation and curbs demand
for fossil fuels.
The Product of the Year awards are designed to help consumers identify the best products in their market and to
reward manufacturers
for quality and
innovation.
In addition to being
rewarded for true excellence in
innovation and outstanding teamwork, these winners have received priceless worldwide exposure.
A bigger market stemming from trade liberalisation increases the
rewards for greater efficiency, productivity and
innovation.
Any smart government will see that it is in its own interests to improve the quality of the program so that others besides Zoomlion also benefit whilst shaving a bit of the crazy margins off through moderately sophisticated program design so that Zoomlion is
rewarded for its entrepreneurial energy and acumen without making them fat on cheap money and therefore disinterested in
innovation and sophistication.
«If a small business can protect their ideas and bring them to market it will
reward them
for those ideas and encourage others to follow in their footsteps, safe in the knowledge that they will benefit from their
innovation.
The Awards are thus in place to symbolise and
reward those at the forefront
for carrying out, and actively, promoting research and
innovation.»
As associate professor and first - author Johan Bollen writes in an e-mail to Science Careers, they wanted their new system to «enable scientists to set their own priorities, fund scientists... not projects, avoid proposal writing and reviewing, avoid administrative burdens, encourage all scientists to participate collectively in the definition of scientific priorities, encourage
innovation,
reward scientists that make significant contributions to data, software, methods, and systems, avoid funding death spirals (no funding - > no research - > no funding) but still
reward high levels of productivity, create the proper incentives
for scholarly communication (publishing to communicate, not to improve bibliometrics), enable funding of daring and risky research, and so on.»
«We have a nice set of internal
rewards for innovation and progress that recognize scientists
for their quality research.
Patents are designed to
reward researchers and their financiers
for ingenuity and risk, but ultimately expire to allow dissemination of knowledge and promote further
innovation.
Last week the Japanese - born engineer blasted his native country's attitude toward
innovation and told colleagues they should join him in the United States if they want to be
rewarded for their creative talents.
But margarine, tinned foods and driverless cars are just a few examples of
innovations that owe their existence to an alternative approach — one that
rewards people
for providing a proven solution to a problem, regardless of their credentials.
A materials science company focused on discovery, product
innovation and
rewarding careers
for our Associates.
States should encourage
innovation in order to meet students» individual needs and set up the regulatory environment that
rewards providers
for doing that well.
A serious transmission process
for innovation requires much more attention to
rewarding districts that serve as alpha sites (starting with philanthropic and federal research support), easing the transfer of new solutions from district hands to independent entities, and creating a culture where such a dynamic transmission belt is regarded as a good, healthy, and normal thing.
Rewards in the form of a waiver, or incentives in the form of a state
innovation grant or site - based merit pay, could be included in a public academy contract with a host school district; so must corrective action policies
for academic or fiscal malfeasance.
Instead, as Innosight Institute's case studies over the past two years reveal, the majority of policy is still focused on
rewarding the systems, providers, and operators that best meet certain input measures, most of which are inappropriate
for judging this emerging disruptive
innovation of online learning.
• Making it possible
for districts to
reward teachers
for innovation, although that would be defined and negotiated in each school district.
Business leaders, like education leaders, are acutely aware of what this could mean
for the future of our country: Young people might be unprepared
for rewarding jobs and the demands of informed citizenship, businesses may not find the talent they need to keep innovating, and the economy may stagnate with too little
innovation.
The latest offer of «help» from the hedge fund crowd comes from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, which is establishing ELP Venture, a «venture philanthropy fund» to offer
rewards for more education
innovations to inflict on CPS students.
«This program will build on districts» efforts underway to develop and
reward talented educators and school leaders, and will provide educators new opportunities to contribute to their schools,» said Nadya Chinoy Dabby, assistant deputy secretary
for innovation and improvement.
The initiative is a competitive grant program designed to «encourage and
reward states that are creating the conditions
for education
innovation and reform,» according to its materials.
Two new grants created in the 2011 budget exemplify the ways we can direct funding to encourage
innovation and support successful programs and educators: the Excellence in Performance Grant
for Teachers provides 15 million dollars over two years
for districts to
reward their best teachers, and the
Innovation Fund Grant — which gave ten Indiana schools, districts, and organizations each a portion of 5 million dollars to support ground breaking new programs, like the one at Herron High School, a charter school here in Indianapolis led by Janet McNeal, who joins us tonight.
Later this year, states will compete
for a piece of $ 5 billion in «Race to the Top» stimulus funding, which
rewards those states and school systems that adopt
innovations the Obama administration supports.
They encourage a standardized pedagogy
for use with a non-standard, diverse student population; offer few
rewards for innovation or risk taking on the part of teachers or students; and distort the motivational climate
for teaching and learning.
Administrators can create incentive structures to
reward teachers
for adopting new practices, creating a healthy teacher - driven culture of
innovation
[56] The CLA also received three «Euro NCAP Advanced»
rewards for these safety
innovations, including the radar - assisted second - generation Collision Prevention Assist, the Attention Assist drowsiness detection system and the anticipatory occupant protection system Pre-Safe (optional equipment).
Following this launch, Euro NCAP will
reward selected car manufacturers at the Paris Motor Show on October 1, 2010
for the
innovation in advanced safety features that were assessed under the new methodology.
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The remaining funds will go toward creating a so - called
innovation fund to provide
for things like financial aid
for online courses and programs that
reward college accountability, such as making sure students complete their degrees.
This could prove a
rewarding trend, and I believe offers a valuable financial «
innovation» and portfolio building block
for most investors.
«We are thrilled to partner together with the Jackson Galaxy Foundation to be the catalyst
for change and to
reward organizations
for their lifesaving
innovation.»
As the culture and demand of surfing continues to grow, we advance our
innovations, dynamic methods and company practices to ensure a positive and
rewarding experience
for everyone.
Redeeming Points: The biggest
innovation in hotel
rewards in a while is the simplification of the program to only two awards: GoFree awards allow you to redeem 15,000 points
for a free night at any Wyndham hotel worldwide, doing away with hotel categories and making it the most simple program on the market.
Named the «Best Credit Card if You Want Travel Perks» by Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine, the FlexPerks Travel
Rewards Visa offers industry - leading value and innovation for customers who want travel r
Rewards Visa offers industry - leading value and
innovation for customers who want travel
rewardsrewards.
«The challenge I gave the team was to make it possible
for LBP to be a free to play downloadable service, not a product, and with a mechanism
for monetizing user generated content that would allow the best creators to be to
rewarded in some way
for their
for the
innovation,» Harrison told GameIndustry.biz (registration required
for full article).
Combat can occasionally get dull with an AI that lacks
innovation, but the boss fights are excellent, stealth is
rewarding, and the options
for customizing your character are each functional and
rewarding.
Balancing our hunger
for seafood with a finite ocean is possible if we truly invest in finding solutions, and
reward the right kind of
innovations.
Sophisticated technology
for tracking energy use can support
innovations in how consumers pay and are paid
for electricity,
rewarding them when they use and produce energy at optimal times.
I still think the best way
for the government to «prime the pump» is by creating a regulatory environment which
rewards innovation and allows small companies with great ideas to compete head - to - head with the larger and well financed companies.
In addition, businesses today are mainly
rewarded for growing sales volumes and can prefer process
innovation over product
innovation.
A carbon tax would result in higher prices
for carbon - intensive goods and services, potentially
rewarding innovation and investment in renewable energy, energy efficiency, carbon sequestration, and other technologies.
Much as the transcontinental railroad ushered in an unprecedented era of expansion,
innovation and economic growth, the transition to a diversified clean energy economy offers extraordinary opportunities
for environmental and economic
rewards.
The traditional hourly billing model literally
rewards law firms
for inefficiency, and thereby destroys the need
for innovation.