Date of issue : Friday 26th 2004f November 2004

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This is a virtual magazine for the entrepreneurial and innovative people of the Age of Knowledge. It was published since January 2000 under the title of "Knowledge Economy". Our magazine is a platform for the dialogue between the academic research and the practice.

Learnità LTD has been focusing since several years more and more on the innovation. Therefore we have decided to align the website to the new focus. What you can see now is the first phase of changes. During the second quarter of 2005 we will bring more details about the people involved at Learnità and about the experiences of Learnità. Please have a look at www.learnita.com

Early this year we have founded the Institute for Corporate Entrepreneurship at the Educatis University. The focus of this institute is the research and teaching of the two intimately related topics entrepreneurship and innovation. Please have a look at theEnglish part of www.educatis.com

Since Learnita is a key source for insights and practice we have decided to change the virtual magazine “Knowledge Economy” to “Age of Knowledge” and use it also as platform for publications of the Institute.

Mario Raich

Learnità LTD has a new webpage.

Learnità is an innovation enabler! We have the competencies and capabilities necessary for the creation and the implementation of corporate innovation projects.

Learnità is a network of know-how and expertise for innovation and corporate entrepreneurship; finance; market intelligence; marketing services and intellectual property based new ventures.

Corporate Innovation Process

Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation have always been a main force for business and wealth creation. They have always been key drivers of economic and social development. But innovation encompasses far more than just product innovation and the continuous improvement. The driver for development is the strategic innovation. Companies that have succeeded to keep the entrepreneurial spirit high and to ride on both the operational and the strategic innovation over the long haul are Corning, GE Medical Systems, Hewlett-Packard, Motorola and 3M.

Read more clicking on "Additional information".

The I.CEI is part of the Educatis Graduate School of Management. The institute develops and proposes open and in-company courses and programs on entrepreneurship, corporate entrepreneurship and innovation. It delivers also courses (on-line and on-site) for the Educatis students on the same topics.

The I.CEI is also focusing on research and development for own purpose and for customers. In addition the institute will also be publishing on-line books and articles (virtual magazine) on entrepreneurship and innovation.
All activities will be delivered in English or in German. Initially the Institute will offer the following courses and programs:

• Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the 21st century. An interactive two hours presentation for executives.


• The Business Case for Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
  A two days (12 hours) workshop.


• Postgraduate program on Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation. 200 hours.


• Creative Problem Solving

For coaching and consulting in companies and organizations on the topic of Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation the I.CEI will cooperate with Learnità, the London based innovation enabler and other suitable organizations.
Please have alook at www.educatis.com in English

We have selected an international group of people from academia and from the business, to learn about their ideas on the "Economics in the Age of Knowledge". In the attached paper we have stated a series of hypotheses which should serve as stepping stones. It is the attempt to discuss some of the questions and issues linked to the transition from the Industry Age to the Age of Knowledge, without the presumption to give all the answers. Maybe finding the right questions is more important.

It is merely the start of a debate which will hopefully allow us to better understand how the world will look like  once we will be fully immersed in the Age of Knowledge. At the end of the attached paper you will find a series of questions which we believe are relevant for the topic. We believe that there will be no simple answer, and that we may well have several answers to choose from.If you would like to participate in this study, please send the answers to the relevant questions to icei@educatis.com .

Read more clicking on "Additional information".

The purpose it to find out what is the motivation for corporations to have corporate venture management activities and what the results are.

Assumed advantages and benefits form the Corporate Venture Management

• Strong support of the growth strategy based on innovation


• Access to knowledge and expertise necessary for the discontinuous innovation


• Implementation of the discontinuous innovation needing new competencies


• Learning about new technologies and practices, emerging markets and new business dynamics


• Early access to potential breakthroughs and threatening technologies


• Leveraging unused IPR and expertise. VINCIP is an excellent first step in this direction.


• Building the extended R&D


• Building new competencies and developing new practices


• Creating a network of entrepreneurial and business savvy people

We expect the completion of the information gathering phase by the end of December 2004.  We plan to hold a  workshop on the topic of the Corporate Venture Management in QII 2005 to present ans discuss  the results of the reserach.

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