BBC World News, April 2010. Professor Mariana Mazzucato was interviewed by BBC World News 'Business Edition' presenter Jamie Robertson on the volcanic eruption in Iceland and the impact it could have on not just airlines, but businesses down the supply chain. And how it will affect the possibility of an 'innovation led recover', as well as force economists to think more clearly about how 'risk' and 'uncertainty' differ.
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Finance, Innovation and Growth: Changing Patterns and Policy Implications
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Innovate and Survive
Professor Mazzucato was quoted in Dave Howell's artcile 'Innovate and Survive' published in the Making Money magazine in April 2010.
US Healthcare Reform
We invite you to read an opinion piece on the US healthcare reform is not an act of meddling, published in The Guardian (April 6, 2010). Professor Mariana Mazzucato discusses US healthcare reform, noting that Government intervention in markets and industries have often prompted innovation.
Intelligent Investment
In her Intelligent Investment in Innovation article published in the Excellence in Leadership magazine (March 2010), Professor Mariana Mazzucato rethinks assumptions on innovation and explains how an intelligent approach can prevent over-investment.
Insurance Executives
In March 2010, Professor William Lazonick published an article in the Huffington post entitled 'Insurance Executives: A Big Part of Our Health Care Problem'. Read the full article.
Intelligent Investment in Innovation
Professor Mazzucato rethinks assumptions on innovation and explains how an intelligent approach can prevent over-investment in the publication "CIMA: Excellence in Leadership" issue 14, (Spring 2010). Read the full article (pp.52-55)
Green Technology and Toyota
Professor Mazzucato contributed to the blog 'Green Technology Could Save Toyota' blog (February 2010). The full article was written by Yasmine Ryan for the Take Part website.
Cash Bonuses
In the Cure-alls and Calamities: Are stock option plans any better than cash bonuses? article published in the Globe & Mail Report on Business magazine, Eric Reguly refers to Professor William Lazonick's research around the buyback practices of the 438 companies in the S&P 500 index that remained publicly traded between 1997 and 2008 and the effect of these buybacks.
PR Disaster for Toyota
In February 2010 Professor Mazzucato contributed to the to the ‘Business & Finance’ blog for the Open University Online Community. The subject of discussion was ‘Toyota - PR disaster or masters of innovation’.
Toyota Recall
Professor Mazzucato was invited as an academic expert to appear on Al Jazeera English Inside Story programme in February 2010 to comment on possible consequences of the Toyota recall. The programme was presented by Mike Hanna. View the programme in full.
Final Conference Report
Financing Innovation and Growth:
Reforming a Dysfunctional System
1-2 February 2012, London, UK
FINNOV Policy Briefs
Consortium
FINNOV - Finance, Innovation and Growth: Changing Patterns and Policy Implications is funded under the Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities (SSH) theme of the Seventh Framework Programme.
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