EconSight News
New study – GreenTech – Sustainable Innovations.
New study - GreenTech - Sustainable Innovations. EconSight has defined and analysed over 60 climate protection and sustainability technologies for the new study of the Bavarian Business Association 60 GreenTechs and 20 DigitalTechs show Bavaria's technological performance in a unique level of detail. EconSight, together with Prognos, GWS and Twin Economics, has produced the new study of the Bavarian Business Council for the Future on the key topic of climate protection. The aim is to create a positive perspective of the future for a (largely) climate-neutral Bavaria and Germany, in [...]
New publication: World-class patents – the gold of the knowledge economy
New scientific publication World-class patents - the "gold" of the knowledge economy? In "Wirtschaftsdienst", the journal for economic policy, EconSight together with the Bertelsmann Foundation presented our new technology approach. Instead of the classic measurement of innovation capability based on patent applications, our new world-class approach focuses on technology-specific patent quality. Using extensive country examples in different technologies, we show the advantages of the approach and classify the dynamics of patent development. The results show that the U.S. lead in the patent area is even more evident in this approach, that China is also [...]
Technology Trends in Swiss Medtech
EconSight Technology Trends for Swiss Medtech EconSight technology analysis for Swiss Medtech sector study Sector Study 2020 «The Swiss Medical Technology Industry» For the sector study of the Swiss medical technology industry, EconSight conducted an analysis of 51 technologies to identify the most important current trends. Grouped along the main processes of the value chain (product innovation, manufacturing processes, diagnostics, and therapy), the above picture is presented. Overall, medical technology in Switzerland is highly innovative with the highest number of patent applications per inhabitant worldwide. The study was officially presented in Berne on [...]
Jochen Spuck on the benefits of artificial intelligence for our work
How we use artificial intelligence for our work An interview of Averbis GmbH with our Chief Technology Officer Dr. Jochen Spuck on the occasion of our new study for the Bertelsmann Foundation. Jochen Spuck explains the significance of Averbis software for our analysis approach and talks about the future influence of artificial intelligence on patent analyses. External Link to the Interview
EconSight – Europe’s competitiveness in cutting-edge technologies
The innovation power of East Asia, North America, and Europe The new EconSight study for the Bertelsmann Foundation has been published «World class patents in cutting-edge technologies - the innovation power of East Asia, North America, and Europe» The international balance of power in innovation is shifting – to the advantage von East Asia. This is the central finding of a new study by the Bertelsmann Stiftung on the development of national and regional portfolios of patents [...]
Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare at the BioData World Congress in Basel
AI and Healthcare at the BioData World Congress in Basel Artificial Intelligence in Basel and in Switzerland Panel discussion at the BioData World Congress What are the implications of a globally accelerating AI innovation for Basel and Switzerland? That was the key question at the BioData World Congress Basel. Together with the other panelists Bram Stieltjes (University Hospital Basel), Hans-Peter Frank (Global Head eHealth Ventures, Vifor Pharma) and Ralf Dümpelmann (Baselarea.swiss), Kai Gramke from EconSight discussed the opportunities and risks for Basel as a health location. The excerpt from the presentation [...]
EconSight CTO Jochen Spuck talks to Auto Motor Sport about the future of mobility
EconSight CTO Jochen Spuck about the future of mobility Listen to the new Moove podcast from Auto Motor Sport with Jochen Spuck, CTO EconSight, about the future of mobility, technological challenges, new players and the role of the German automotive industry. (Postcast in German).
TechCheck 2019. The Human Success Factor – Presentation in Nuremberg
TechCheck 2019. The Human Success Factor in Nuremberg TechCheck 2019. The Human Success Factor EconSight presented the study of the Council of the Future of the Bavarian Economy TechCheck 2019. The Human Success Factor at the regional event of the Bavarian Business Association on 28 November 2019 in Nuremberg. On the one hand market developments and future potentials of central technologies were pointed out and on the other hand obstacles and success factors for their implementation and diffusion in Germany and Bavaria were presented. The focus was on digitization, AI [...]
EconSight-Ranking – The most innovative companies in the world
EconSight ranking of the most innovative companies in the world EconSight ranking of the most innovative companies in the world Which companies successfully occupy the interface between digitization and applied technologies? Digitization is changing all technologies at an alarming rate. Who will win the race? Today, digitization influences the product and process development of all companies. However, it can only be effective in combination with other technologies. Digitization penetrates classical technologies and leads to innovation. With the new ranking, EconSight in co-operation with PatentSight shows who [...]
Upper Rhine digital – Digitization in the Upper Rhine Region
Digitization in the Upper Rhine Region The future of digitisation in the Upper Rhine region Contribution by EconSight to the Regio Basiliensis publication on digitisation in the Upper Rhine region. EconSight patent analyses show that research in the Upper Rhine region is less digitally penetrated than in comparable regions. The share of patents that contain a digital element in addition to their core technology is around 14% worldwide - but only 6% in the tri-national region. The low level of digital penetration in the region does not mean that the companies in the region [...]
Swiss Atlas of Digitization
Swiss Atlas of Digitization Swiss Atlas of Digitization EconSight introduces the Digitization Atlas on the state of advanced digitization in Switzerland. The digitization atlas shows the patent activities of companies in advanced digitization technologies in Switzerland - by company location and regionalized down to the postcode level. This makes Switzerland's technology landscape visible in detail. Advanced digitisation consists of the technologies that will most likely drive digital transformation in all sectors and technologies in the future: artificial intelligence, cloud computing, big data, virtual/augmented reality and encryption technologies. It becomes clear where the most important [...]
EconSight at the Swiss IP Community Meeting in Zurich
EconSight at the Swiss IP Community Meeting in Zurich EconSight will appear at the second Swiss IP Community Meeting in Zurich together with PatentSight, KPMG and the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property. While last year's meeting was dedicated to artificial intelligence, this year the technology landscape of Switzerland will be presented. Information and registration for the event on Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Zurich Airport.