The public sector has long operated in isolation, developing methods and solutions of its own. In recent decades, however, interactions with the private sector have increased, whether through the growing role of consulting firms or...

Living under a green lifestyle, I lived through the policies China adopted to promote low-carbon growth and the green transformation, and the way they were rolled out. This article is to share my first-hand experiences.

Mathematics and technology are increasingly used in decision-making. The current trend is even to replace human decisions by machine decisions. But in some experiences, technological innovation helps to reinvigorate the most human of all decision...

It is a paradox: despite huge oil reserves supporting their wealth, Norwegians have become, in a few years, the first users of electric vehicles. These represent 18% of new registrations since the beginning of 2015!...

People were optimistic when modern theories, engineers, technical availability, international funding and support from the central government were all ready. The expected progress in water management did not arrive though. What did arrive instead was...

During the 20th century Governments and public agencies such as NASA played a major role in the innovation chain. The Internet itself was born through public programs, just as GPS and many other game-changing technologies....

The principle of net neutrality does have some unpredictable fallout. But there is one thing that is out of the question: just like water and electricity, the Internet has become one of our life necessities.

what we will witness will be the emergence of start-ups having two or three co-founders from different parts of the world in the same way it works for science collaboration now. It will be an exciting development to come.

Processing the data has become a sensitive issue inasmuch as they relate to our private sphere, to our intimacy. We do have tools that enable regulation of certain parameters – for example, whether we accept...

Following suit to the Guggenheim Museum, a number of Western cultural institutions have launched a series of spectacular offshoring operations, exporting their trademarks and their specific know-how. Playing somewhere between influence diplomacy and cultural marketing,...

Fighting corruption has been for decades a crucial challenge in the emerging world. In India, a recent experience shows promising outcomes: the replacement of old, time-consuming and discouraging complaint procedures by third-party consultation has given...

Up to some ten years ago, the debates about Internet governance were restricted to questions of Internet architecture – root management, domain naming, etc. – and that was quite sufficient at the time to guarantee...

The precautionary principle is frequently cited in major international statements. However, implementing it still stirs up a lot of debate: is it feasible, is it advisable? Today with hindsight, controversy and experience have enabled us...

The automotive industry is directly affected by two dominant trends: the integration into large information systems and the advent of shared mobility. Technological developments during the twentieth century have not significantly challenged the economic fundamentals...