Bloomberg L.P. is a financial, software, data, and media company with its headquarters located in New York City. Every year, the company publishes the Bloomberg Innovation Index, which is a global ranking of the 60 most innovative countries. To compile the rankings, Bloomberg uses data from institutions such as the World Bank, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the OECD and...

Hydrogen energy is generally considered to be one of the cleanest energy sources and shows great potential to become a major player in the energy market as it has high energy conversion efficiency and causes fewer emissions of CO2. It is a highly flammable material that can be used to heat homes, water, and even power engines. Now (2020), transmission system operators in Germany have created a concept for the establishment of a grid...

As the prices for solar modules have constantly been decreasing in the international market for many years, cost reduction is crucial for module manufacturers to remain competitive. One possibility to cut costs is to reduce the content of silver in a solar module, which is contained in its contact fingers. Contact fingers, i.e. its conductive lines made of metal, are applied to the solar cell surface to transport the produced energy...

Global consumption of the alkali metal lithium is growing rapidly. During the past decade annual production of lithium has risen to 85,000 tons. This is mainly due to its use in batteries of electric vehicles as well as laptop batteries and smartphones. Several million tons of lithium are mined in countries such as Australia, Argentina and Chili every year, which account for more than 80% of global production. Chile has the world’s...

Founded in 1963, The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is a global management-consulting firm. BCG helps corporations and other organizations to innovate and achieve a sustainable competitive advantage. It annually releases a ranking of the most innovative companies around the world, which can be viewed here. BCG’s annual ranking of the most innovative companies uses a survey of senior executives representing a wide variety of industries...

Bloomberg is a major global provider of financial news and information, including financial data, trading news and analyst coverage, as well as general news and sports. Its services, which include its own platform, television, radio and magazines, offer professional analysis tools for financial professionals. The company annually releases rankings of the most innovative countries. The current rankings are published on the company’s...

The Dubai Innovation Index was conceptualized in 2015. The main idea was to identify Dubai’s position among 28 leading global innovative cities and to measure the competitiveness of its private sector so that further economic growth and improvement might be achieved. Thus, in 2015 the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry partnered with PwC to develop the Innovation Index. For a full version of the 2016 report, please visit the 2016...

Bloomberg L.P. is private financial software, data, and media company headquartered in New York City. It provides financial software tools such as an analytics and equity trading platform, data services, and news to financial companies and organizations. The company annually releases a listing of the world’s most innovative countries, which can be viewed here. Bloomberg's 2017 ranking of the world's 50 most innovative countries focuses...