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Companies from Domino’s Pizza to Uber are using drones for a wide range of functions, from marketing to stocktaking.

However, there is a lack of knowledge on the potentially disruptive uses of the technology and the risks an increase in uptake could entail.

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How innovators succeed

The 2018 Global Innovation 1000 study

The Global Innovation 1000 study shows that simply spending more on innovation does not increase financial performance. Instead, companies must focus on how they use their investments in R&D, the quality of their processes, and their talent.

R&D expenditure

AMAZON

23

AMAZON

$us billions

23$ billion

ALPHABET

16

ALPHABET

$us billions

16$ billion

VOLKSWAGEN

16

VOLKSWAGEN

$us billions

16$ billion

SAMSUNG

15

SAMSUNG

$us billions

15$ billion

INTEL

13

INTEL

$us billions

13$ billion

MICROSOFT

12

MICROSOFT

$us billions

12$ billion

APPLE

12

APPLE

$us billions

12$ billion

ROCHE HOLDING

11

ROCHE HOLDING

$us billions

11$ billion

JOHNSON & J.

10

JOHNSON & J.

$us billions

10$ billion

MERCK & CO

10

MERCK & CO

$us billions

10$ billion

0

5

10

15

20

25

$us billions

% of revenue spent on R&D

AMAZON

12.7

AMAZON

% of revenue spent on R&D

12.7%

ALPHABET

14.6

ALPHABET

% of revenue spent on R&D

14.6%

VOLKSWAGEN

5.7

VOLKSWAGEN

% of revenue spent on R&D

5.7%

SAMSUNG

6.8

SAMSUNG

% of revenue spent on R&D

6.8%

INTEL

20.9

INTEL

% of revenue spent on R&D

20.9%

MICROSOFT

13.7

MICROSOFT

% of revenue spent on R&D

13.7%

APPLE

5.1

APPLE

% of revenue spent on R&D

5.1%

ROCHE HOLDING

18.9

ROCHE HOLDING

% of revenue spent on R&D

18.9%

JOHNSON & J.

13.8

JOHNSON & J.

% of revenue spent on R&D

13.8%

MERCK & CO

25.4

MERCK & CO

% of revenue spent on R&D

25.4%

0

10

20

30

40

% of revenue spent on R&D

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Bernhard Niesner

Bernhard Niesner

CEO and
Co-founder
of Busuu

AI will not replace the human teacher in the learning process but will elevate the human to a super teacher.

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Philippa Foot

Philippa Foot

Philosopher of
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Do I really believe that I have described a method for settling them all (substantial moral questions)? The proper reply is that in a way nothing is settled, but everything is left as it was.

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Yuval Noah Harari

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The point of studying history is not just to learn about the past, it’s to liberate ourselves from it.

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