Facts and Stats

Apr 11, 2014
In 2013, only 13% of employees are engaged at work worldwide, indicating that businesses should strive to increase workplace engagement to achieve sustainable growth and innovation for companies.
Gallup *

Apr 11, 2014
49% of CIOs say they are now positioned to promote game-changing innovations, while only 26% believed so 3 years ago.
ITWeb *

Apr 16, 2014
53% of CEO's are partnering externally to drive innovation.
IBM *

Nov 04, 2014
84% of banks globally are increasing their innovation investment in 2014 compared to 2013.
The Financial Brand *

Nov 03, 2014
67% of breakthrough innovators say their big data analytics and data mining efforts are paying off. 
Forbes *

Nov 03, 2014
A recent report from Goldman Sachs Equity Research identified five areas primed for IoT success: Connected Wearable Devices, Connected Cars, Connected Homes, Connected Cities and the Industrial Internet, which includes the transportation, petroleum and healthcare verticals. 
Entrepreneur *

Nov 05, 2014
Israel has more start-ups on the NASDAQ stock exchange than any country outside the US. Per capita, Israel has attracted more than twice as much venture capital as the US and 30 times more than Europe.
The Sydney Morning Herald *

Nov 04, 2014
In 2013, only 20% of America's top 50 companies were based in natural resource ownership and extraction, compared to 75 percent in 1963.
The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation *

Nov 04, 2014
Nearly 60% of the patents filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) in the field of information technology now originate in Asia.
The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation *

Nov 04, 2014
Patent boxes can jump-start U.S. innovation. The Netherlands corporate tax rate is less than half of the U.S. rate. Income from patented products and services is taxed at just five percent.
The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation *