Scaleup Europe Fund seeks manager ahead of first investments
Fund designed to help EU start-ups grow is expected to make its first investments this summer “at the latest,” Zaharieva tells Davos.
Send us a link
Academics Engaging in Knowledge Transfer and Co-Creation: Push Causation and Pull Effectuation?
Academics Engaging in Knowledge Transfer and Co-Creation: Push Causation and Pull Effectuation?
Although academics are increasingly engaging with businesses, some fundamental aspects of this phenomenon (i.e., their motivations, decision-making approaches, and the interplay between the two) remain understudied.
Toward a Sustainable Model of Scientific Publishing
We need a sustainable model of scientific publishing that is beneficial to scientists, universities, and the public.
Open-access Publisher PLOS Pushes to Extend Clout Beyond Biomedicine
The publisher will launch five new journals, and has introduced a new business model that aims to spread the cost of publishing more fairly.
Google Employees Are Free to Speak Up. Except on Antitrust.
A company operating in the shadow of government regulators has some very particular rules about what workers can say about it.
Nature Risk Rising: Why the Crisis Engulfing Nature Matters for Business and the Economy
Nature Risk Rising: Why the Crisis Engulfing Nature Matters for Business and the Economy
This New Nature Economy report calls out the dependency and impact of business on nature and aims to ensure that biodiversity and nature-related risks are appropriately considered within the broader economic growth agenda.
Why Private Equity Is Furious Over a Paper in a Dermatology Journal
Why Private Equity Is Furious Over a Paper in a Dermatology Journal
The sudden, unexplained removal of a research paper on private equity firms buying dermatology practices has raised questions about corporate influence.
Weak Demand Forces Springer Nature to Cancel 3.2 Billion Euro Float at Last Minute
Weak Demand Forces Springer Nature to Cancel 3.2 Billion Euro Float at Last Minute
Springer Nature, the publisher of science magazines Nature and Scientific American, cancelled its 3.2 billion euro (2.8 billion pound) stock market flotation planned for Wednesday on weak investor demand, dealing a heavy blow to Germany's vibrant IPO season.
Weak Demand Forces Springer Nature to Cancel 3.2 Billion Euro Float at Last Minute
Weak Demand Forces Springer Nature to Cancel 3.2 Billion Euro Float at Last Minute
Springer Nature, the publisher of science magazines Nature and Scientific American, cancelled its 3.2 billion euro stock market flotation planned for Wednesday on weak investor demand, dealing a heavy blow to Germany's vibrant IPO season.
Science Publisher Springer Nature Anoounces €1.2 Billion IPO
Despite a mixed record for German stock market flotations in 2018, Springer Nature, the world's largest publisher of English-language research journals, has announced it is taking the plunge.
In Latest Sign of Its Resurgence, Clarivate Acquires Kopernio
Today, Clarivate is announcing that it recently acquired Kopernio, a startup launched last year to streamline access to scholarly content.
Elsevier Launches Mendeley Data to Manage Entire Lifecycle of Research Data
Elsevier Launches Mendeley Data to Manage Entire Lifecycle of Research Data
Elsevier has launched Mendeley Data, a new, cloud-based platform designed to help universities and researchers manage, share and showcase their research data. With Mendeley Data, researchers can safely record and share research data while improving its reuse via publication, while universities can showcase institutional outputs and improve their collaboration rate.
SpringerNature Hurries 7 Billion Euro Frankfurt Listing
SpringerNature, the publisher of science magazine Nature, has brought forward a listing which may value it at more than 7 billion euros ($8.6 billion) including debt, to reduce the risk from volatile stock markets.
Broad Institute Takes a Hit in European CRISPR Patent Struggle
A decision from the European Patent Office (EPO) has put the Broad Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on shaky ground with its intellectual property claims to the gene-editing tool CRISPR.
The Hard Math Behind Bitcoin's Global Warming Problem
Current trends say generating new bitcoins will use all the power in the world by 2020.
Springer Nature Asks JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley to Organize IPO
Springer Nature is considering a potential 4-5 billion euro stock market listing next year.
Making Medicine, Not Money: How One U of T Researcher's Startup Is Rethinking Big Pharma's Business Model
Making Medicine, Not Money: How One U of T Researcher's Startup Is Rethinking Big Pharma's Business Model
The latest medical innovation to spring from Aled Edwards’s University of Toronto lab isn’t a new protein structure or potential drug target – it’s a business model.
DNAinfo and Gothamist Are Shut Down After Vote to Unionize
Reporters and editors at the local news sites joined a union last week. On Thursday, their billionaire owner closed the sites.
‘Health Valley’ Gets even Healthier
ADC Therapeutics, a Swiss start-up that specialises in cutting-edge cancer drugs, has raised almost CHF200 million ($200 million) in private funds.
Nature Publisher Prepares 2018 Stock Market Listing
SpringerNature, the publisher of science magazines Nature and Scientific American, is preparing a 2018 stock market listing valuing the company at up to 4 billion euros.
Is The Peer Review Crisis A Patent Application Crisis?
The impact of crisis of reproducibility on the patent system.
×