Despite today’s uncertain environment, innovators are still brimming with exciting ideas. Which governments are doing the best at encouraging them?

The world is changing, with new digital tools transforming the worlds of business and politics. Young people seem to be most attuned to the possibilities presented by this new frontier. At a recent GE Garages pop-up innovation event in Brussels, Ideas Factory chatted with Niamh Scanlon, a 14-year-old from Ireland who won last year’s EU Digital Girl of the Year award for her work in coding and app development.

Is European regulation helping or hindering innovation in the field of big data and the Internet of Things? Ideas Factory sat down with Hendrik Bourgeois, vice president (VP) for European affairs and general counsel at GE, to find out.

Big data and the Internet of Things is set to transform industrial processes, but it’s an open question which companies will ride that wave. Is European legislation helping to put Europe in the lead?

Today’s industrial companies are living in an era of great digital promise, but also great anxiety.

Ideas Factory: Mark, at the IOT Solutions World Congress you gave a keynote speech asking, “Who’s going to eat your lunch?” when it comes to the Industrial …

Europe’s energy grid is about to be transformed by Industrial Internet solutions, but what will this mean for individual energy consumers? To find out, Ideas Factory asked …

Industry leaders and POLITICO readers believe the Industrial Internet is going to make a substantial difference in the way consumers use energy.

In 14th-century Florence, two wealthy families came together with an idea. The Bardi and Peruzzi families would take banking beyond the simple deposits and loans of the …

As the world prepares for the possible ramifications of a UK secession from the European Union, businesses are feeling uneasy about the uncertainty that could be ahead. …

The past year has seen an explosion in digital solutions for industry, but at the same time companies are worried about increasing data protectionism from governments. In …

The European economy is in a period of uncertainty, but seven strategic investment directions can propel the continent forward.

Europe has been a leader in renewable energy technology but unpredictable regulatory regimes and a lack of R&D could see the continent fall behind its competitors. Applying the industrial internet could give Europe an edge.

After several years of economic crisis, there are glimmers of hope in the European economy. The EU saw a 1.3% increase in GDP from 2013 to 2014, …

Is US-EU trade being overlooked as both sides look to opportunities in emerging economies?

Move over consumer internet – the next decade is going to be all about the digital transformation of traditional industrial sectors.

The EU needs to act quickly to knock down barriers to innovation

The Commission’s energy union strategy is full of grand visions, but can it deliver the energy certainty that businesses need?

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The European Union is at risk of missing out on this wave of innovation and growth just as it did with the internet revolution.