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Blockchain disaster relief, Untact Economy and a Korean New Deal for job creation

Published May 19, 2020 by Anders Hektor in Coronavirus

The South Korean Gyeonggi province is located in the northwest and encircles the city of Seoul. The province has 13 million inhabitants, and together with Seoul and neighbouring Incheon, it’s home to half the country’s population. The...

Preparing for China’s “Post-Covid-19 Era” – Digital transformation for growth and for good

Published May 13, 2020 by Nannan Lundin in Beijing

Data is the new “oil” and industrial IoT is the “intelligent vehicle”, driving us on the “highway” of New Infrastructure towards an all-inclusive digital society…...

Brazil’s Research and innovation calls to fight the pandemic of COVID-19

Published May 6, 2020 by Jacob Paulsen in Brasília

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, funding agencies are launching several calls both national and international to do research and to innovate treatments, products. The aim is to fund applied research project near the market...

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Covid-19 Update Korea: Treatments, Vaccines and International Post on Hold

Published May 4, 2020 by Anders Hektor in Coronavirus

South Korea has less than 15 new cases per day and very few deceased. Totaling 10 801 confirmed cases and 252 deceased. On the street and in the subways of Seoul almost all wear a facial mask. Although many restaurants are suffering, central...

How India is using a triple helix approach to fight Covid-19

Published April 29, 2020 by Fanny Von Heland in Coronavirus

When we look back on the current COVID-19 crisis in India, there's no doubt that we'll see that the crisis has resulted in several innovations, and perhaps even more importantly in new effective ways of working across sectorial boundaries. For a...

Covid-19 and digital transformation – What do we see now and what will we see soon?

Published April 27, 2020 by Nannan Lundin in Beijing

Digital economy – A source of resilience in the COVID-19 outbreak? Already long before the Covid-19 breakout, the digital economy has been playing an increasingly significant role as a new driver for China’s economic growth and social...

Covid-19 tests could be the key to reopening a country. Here’s the U.S. approach.

Published April 20, 2020 by Henric Johnson in Coronavirus

The U.S. went from having no tests available for Covid-19 diagnostic to develop mutliple different tests within a few weeks. These tests have been important to globally fight the pandemic. With the current spread of the virus, we all hope that a...