WIPO’s World Intellectual Property Report 2026 makes one point painfully clear: ideas move fast, but adoption still depends on unglamorous complements like skills, infrastructure, and maintenance. India’s examples show why diffusion is an execution game, not a press-release game.
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Predicting Technological Growth using Patents
MIT researchers have introduced a patent-based method for forecasting technological growth, focusing on citation metrics and classification system overlaps. Their approach provides organisations with a structured, less labor-intensive technique to predict technology improvement rates and reduce investment uncertainty.
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