There is still a great need for breakthrough tools in technology (in both software and hardware), market approaches, and behavior change--all of which requires a fearless commitment to collaboration, to improving existing tactics, and experimenting with new ones.
And we have seen the cause of children come of age at the Millennium Summit, which strongly reaffirmed the need for breakthrough progress toward such goals as reduction of maternal and under-5 mortality, increases in primary school enrolment, and the imperative of mounting effective worldwide campaigns against HIV/AIDS, malaria and other major infectious diseases.
If the need for breakthroughs is so clear cut, do you foresee any path — particularly in an era of prolonged economic uncertainty — to building political and social support for the kind of sustained "energy quest" (my term) that would be required to have a chance of making leaps instead of tweaks?
Some of this just reflects a self-image that lags behind the pace of change in China, but it also speaks to a deep and credible Chinese concern that its education system and intellectual environment do not promote the kind of radical thinking that is needed for breakthrough innovation.
A robust business strategy rather than philanthropy is needed for breakthrough technological innovations to be marketed to BoP communities.
Is a New Model Needed for Breakthrough Science? 2 October 2009 Traditional PI-centered research can't solve today's big technological problems, a lab leader asserts.
Lambert and Schaeffer (2010) used the case of the French competitiveness clusters in the electronic sector to show that by boosting its internal capacity to provide made-to-order technological solutions, an SME can become an essential actor in the production of knowledge needed for breakthrough innovation within a trans-industrial network.
Some patients may require additional immediate release doses as frequently as every 2 hours as needed for breakthrough pain.
Pain control with limited side effects Around the clock dosing As needed for breakthrough pain ○ Avoidance of polypharmacy and multiple drug agents.
Dose adjustments, to be made after 2 days of therapy at a dose level, were then made as needed, based on the patient's degree of opioid tolerance, general condition and medical status, concurrent medication, type and severity of pain, and the amount and frequency of rescue medication needed for breakthrough pain.
Modern basics appeared to be the most confused discipline, a field that was in need for a breakthrough.
