China Gives Innovation the Top-Down Treatment
By Robert Nicholson Can a country become innovative if it wants to? China is out to prove it can be done. The development of advanced technology has become the government’s top priority,…
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Chairman: Innovation is Never Purely Homegrown
Technology and innovation influences the values of a society by changing expectations, choices and realities of technological innovations. The implementation of technology and innovative ideas is also influenced by values. Without a value…
Can Self-Driven Cars Drive Innovation for Autos?
By Bridget Riley and Doug Strub As companies build up technology that can allow cars to drive themselves, there's a big question – who will give up the wheel first? A recent…
Photo Gallery: 2016 HR Conference
What if your first interview with a company was with a bot? IBM is already testing out this technology with its human resources (HR), said to Vice President of HR and Research…
China Launches Landmark VAT Reforms
By Lachlan Wolfers On May 1, 2016, the final stage of the Chinese government’s major tax reform initiative took effect, which saw Business Tax (BT) fully replaced by a Value Added Tax…
Drones on the Move in China
By Doug Strub This year’s annual Spring Festival Gala in China, a massive multi-city variety show held on the eve of the lunar New Year that regularly draws hundreds of millions of…