Bank climate commitments and green lending in emerging markets
The low-carbon transition requires substantial financial mobilisation, yet it is unclear whether banks’ public climate commitments represent real change or simply greenwashing. This column uses
Assessment of disruptive innovation in science and technology policy: Insights from meta-science research trends
Technological innovation, including disruptive innovation, is a driving force for economic growth and social change, but early identification of such technologies and assessments of their
What corporate earnings calls reveal about the AI stock rally
The launch of ChatGPT in late 2022 marked a turning point in how firms and investors view generative artificial intelligence. This column measures the extent
Mission possible: When innovation meets outcomes
Peter Drucker, often called the father of modern management, once wrote that “innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship…the act that endows resources with a
The European Union is still caught in an AI copyright bind
Tweaks to EU copyright requirements in the AI Act Code of Practice will maintain the AI growth momentum, for now – but will also create
Race cars and hydromet systems: What do they have in common?
Professional race cars and hydromet (weather, water, and climate forecasting) systems may seem worlds apart, but they have more in common than we realize. Both
How to update the EU Merger Guidelines
There is a growing push from certain quarters for the European Commission to weaken merger control in order to spur greater investment and innovation, higher
No green growth without innovation
The ‘green growth’ debate is taking place in an oversimplified setting, largely disregarding the innovation factor. Technologies to mitigate climate change are being treated as
How is innovation competition exacerbating global overcapacity?
The world is moving into a period of entrenched manufacturing overcapacity, threatening deflation and stagnant growth. Over the past two decades, China has emerged as
The ripple beyond borders: Indirect effects of US export controls on Japanese firms
As part of the ongoing US-China trade war, since 2020 the US has restricted the exports of cutting-edge semiconductors from third countries to Huawei. This
