There are genres in which innovation matters, or in which quality is determined primarily by a composition's degree of difficulty.
The alternative is an Internet in which innovation can be squashed at will by an all-powerful search engine.
This ignores other vitally important government actions that create the conditions in which innovation and private-sector investment can thrive.
By Ben Greenman There are genres in which innovation matters, or in which quality is determined primarily by a composition's degree of difficulty.
It's difficult to administer in practice (there are lots of opportunities for avoidance, and which innovation policies count? Research grants? Procurement?).
The answers depend on the extent to which innovation continues to drive growth, and on the stock market's ability to stay afloat.
I was recently involved in an evaluation of a major bilateral donor funding stream to an organisation in which innovation was a central criteria for evaluation.
This is particularly true for local government which is responsible for those policy areas: care of the elderly, public health, developing local economies, in which innovation is most needed.
They diverge mainly on the appropriate role for the federal government in education, in spending on research, and in building, maintaining and regulating the complex infrastructure on which innovation depends.
The report demonstrates, Dr. Murray said, "that no one model is best, but the numbers will give us the means over time to test which innovation in health systems work best and which are failing".
Computers have become a commodity, sales are stagnating, the industry is maturing, and there is talk of a "post-technology era" in which innovation takes a back seat to improvements in business processes and supply-chain management.
