Collaborative Innovation between Shenzhen City Government and Tsinghua University Read more about Collaborative Innovation between Shenzhen City Government and Tsinghua University Global megatrends create a continuous need for transition. The increasing complexity this phenomenon brings calls the need for ecosystem orchestration that require collaboration. Jointly founded by Tsinghua University and the Shenzhen Municipal Government, the Graduate School at Shenzhen in the People’s Republic of China plays an important role in Tsinghua's commitment to achieve international prominence in its aim to cultivate top level professionals and carry out scientific and technological innovations.
Paul Kent Keywords economics innovation policy and regulatory instruments fiscal incentives governance Read more about Paul Kent Paul is an economist with over 18 years of experience in Australia, the Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. He has previously worked as an economist with the Australian Government and also been based in Beijing between 2000 and 2004 and Hong Kong, China from 2008 to 2012. He is currently based in Singapore since 2013 where he leads KPMG Singapore’s Economic and Regulation practice, a team of economic, policy, and regulatory professionals.
Innovation Possible: Alternative Perspectives? Read more about Innovation Possible: Alternative Perspectives? ADB’s Special Project Facilitator Jitendra Shah shares his views and insights on how to overcome obstacles, foster innovation, and promote risk-taking within ADB. The institution’s collective experience on attitudes to failing, perfectionism, and risk-taking are also examined. This video covers the full session of Insight Thursday, ADB's in-house knowledge sharing series.
Innovation Possible: Alternative Perspectives? Read more about Innovation Possible: Alternative Perspectives? ADB's Special Project Facilitator Jitendra Shah shares his experiences and provides examples on how to navigate and turn a task from total disaster to dream outcome. He explores some of the basic concepts on innovation and risk taking.
Innovation Possible: Alternative Perspectives? Read more about Innovation Possible: Alternative Perspectives? ADB’s Special Project Facilitator Jitendra Shah shared his views on what it would take for ADB as an institution to overcome obstacles to innovation. He explored the collective experience on attitudes to failing, perfectionism, and risk taking. This event is part of ADB's in-house Insight Thursday lecture series.
Communication Strategies for Innovative Sustainable Development and Climate Change Initiatives - Knowledge Sharing Webinar Series Read more about Communication Strategies for Innovative Sustainable Development and Climate Change Initiatives - Knowledge Sharing Webinar Series Teresa Erickson and Tim Ward impart proven tips and tools that will help leaders become a powerful communicator, change agent, and catalyst for transformation.
Communication Strategies for Innovative Sustainable Development and Climate Change Initiatives Read more about Communication Strategies for Innovative Sustainable Development and Climate Change Initiatives Climate change and unsustainable development are two key hindrances to poverty reduction. As countless innovations are born to solve these twin problems, some innovative solutions fail to achieve their transformative power because of our failure to communicate. This session of the Knowledge Sharing Webinar Series aimed to equip participants with useful and effective communication strategies on persuading key stakeholders to support action plans for sustainable development and climate change.
B.V. Phani Keywords engineering industrial education innovation entrepreneurship Read more about B.V. Phani B. V. Phani is the head of the Department of Industrial & Management Engineering at IIT Kanpur. His research interests are financial intermediaries, credit risk modeling, entrepreneurial finance, innovation, entrepreneurial ecosystems, market micro-structure and valuation, and corporate governance.
How to Innovate Higher Education in Developing Countries? Read more about How to Innovate Higher Education in Developing Countries? Creating value by introducing new ways of doing things, innovation has become a means of survival for both humans and organizations alike. Applying innovative strategies is a way to address the educational challenges in developing countries. Lessons can be learned from the Republic of Korea’s embedding of innovation in its educational system.
Video - Session 5 - Innovative and Disruptive Technologies and Processes Read more about Video - Session 5 - Innovative and Disruptive Technologies and Processes This video covers Session 5 of the conference entitled “Innovative and Disruptive Technologies and Processes.” It examines the current technological innovations taking place at the international level, and shares concrete examples of engineering solutions implemented on the ground. It also discusses the notion of disruptive technologies and its potential to positively impact social and gender relations in societies.