by Greg Satell Since World War II, the United States has been an innovation superpower. In virtually every advanced field, whether it be information technology, biotechnology, agriculture or renewable energy,…
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Drop in breakthrough ideas between the mid 1990’s and 2010. The share of breakthrough new products has been halved in the last decades from 20.4% in the mid-1990s to only…
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