Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
The main topic in March 2005 was a mid-term review of the ongoing Lisbon agenda, which could lead to a reform of the whole process. It was Europe’s aim to become the most dynamic and competitive knowledge-based economy in…
With competition mounting from low-cost Asia and the fast-moving United States, European businesses are searching for a model to make them viable in an increasingly globalised marketplace. Read full story
Venture firms in Europe triple fundraising for investment while U.S. fundraising drops 44 percent. Read full story
Silvio Berlusconi’s unfulfilled promises may trouble Italians – but in Europe they add to the prime minister’s reputation as one of the most unloved continental leaders in recent memory. Read full story
In 2003, roughly 500 Chinese workers arrived in Dortmund to deal the final blow to the city’s former status as a heavy-industry heartland in Germany’s Ruhr River valley. Working by day and sometimes by night, the Chinese dismantled Dortmund’s last…
Klaus Wowereit, the mayor of Berlin, has a gargantuan task. He wants to make this formerly divided metropolis one of Europe’s most attractive places to live. But Berlin is bankrupt. Read full story
Europe gave the world Linux, GSM, and the web, but got little of the fortune and less of the glory. To get what it is due, some old world ways will have to change. Read full story
While luxury products still benefit from a “Made in France” label, more mundane industries are vulnerable to foreign competition. Read full story
On the heels of the biggest management shake-up in Sony history, the president of Sony Europe has vowed that the company will bolster its reputation as a consumer technology and electronics trendsetter, backed by a €1 billion European marketing drive…
At a Red Herring conference, European CEOs urge fellow entrepreneurs to think globally and make themselves heard. Read full story
Many wireless industry executives want the European Union to get serious about the future. Read full story
A proposal to create a European technology institute modeled on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology faces serious questions about financing and academic support, lawmakers say. Read full story
German labs rely on firms and state to finance research. Read full story
For years, American corporations and the European companies that do business with them have faced anti-American sentiments from Europeans. But with the war continuing in Iraq and discomfort growing over United States dominance, the companies have been forced to…
Designers look into the future to meet people’s needs. Design for Future Needs is a research project that discovered how their methods can help policy makers do the same. The 2002 project, run for the EC by a group of…