Scope

News: News items related to production and trading of ideas in the form of features of existing products and processes, and offering of new products are being tracked, and our interpretation of major developments are being shared on i. daily, ii. weekly, iii. monthly, and iv. quarterly basis. 

Topics: Ideas are supported by education, research, and technologies, and they are leveraged in application areas. We cover 60 topics related to idea generation and their exploitation. Among them, 12 falls in the category of technologies supporting idea generation and implementation, and 13 are in application areas of ideas. We dissect start-ups activities in pursuing disruptive ideas along 10 dimensions. We look into the formation of background capability and intellectual asset development in 10 areas. The WAVES keep tracking and sharing observations 10 major issues pertinent to ideas around frontier technologies taking us in the age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Investments from 6 major sources fueling technology Innovation ideas are being reviewed.  

Strategy: Ideas are formed and leveraged through competition of profit-making firms. The WAVES keep dissecting this aspect of the idea economy from 36 major lenses. Broad categories are i. Value proposition, ii. Innovation strategies, iii. Competition nature, iv. Intellectual asset formation and ecosystem development, v. Building underlying competence, and vi. Diverse technology acquisition means. 

Policy: We look into policy issues in 09 major areas. Along with reviewing implications of existing policies in these areas, and we also share our commentaries in undertaking necessary policy transformation. 

Opinion: The WAVES share opinions on major unfolding issues.

Megatrends: There have been megatrends or the formation of large transformational waves having relevance to technology. Technologies grow as megatrends to power or leverage related megatrends. Often those megatrends also fuel the formation of technology megatrends as well. There appears to be reinforcing or virtuous relations between technology waves and other megatrends. Megatrends are large, social, economic, political, environmental or technological change that are slow to form, but once in place can influence a wide range of activities, processes, and perceptions, possibly for decades. And most importantly, once the technology megatrends resonate with other trends, creative disruptive changes take place–destroying existing jobs, firms and industries, and creating new ones. Our objective is to study such megatrends having relations with the technologies of our interest.  Making sense, and making use, of these dramatic forces of change will help you to make better strategic choices, shape markets to your advantage, and create a brighter future. 

Publications: In-depth, as well as detailed insights, are compiled and shared in 05 major forms: i. Magazines, ii. Books, iii. Reports, iv. White papers and v. Journals. We also share reviews of relevant publications made by others.