Centre Quote by Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair

Like Siemens, the UAE is big on innovation. It has become famous as a think tank for thought leadership in areas of interest to…

— Joe Kaeser

Dubai is a vibrant city: Big cars, big buildings... it reminds me of my home town, Hong Kong. People are always on the move…

— John Rocha

No nation has embraced Total Quality Management, e-commerce and e-government with greater enthusiasm than Dubai. Such innovations have given Dubai a competitive edge and…

— Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair

Open and fair competition within free markets encourages innovation, meaning fresh perspectives can be applied. The private sector also brings skills and knowledge to…

— David Lidington

Open is something, I think, that will continue to drive a lot of innovation.

— David Filo

Open innovation is a paradigm that assumes that firms can and should use external ideas as well as internal ideas, and internal and external…

— Henry Chesbrough

Human societies vary in lots of independent factors affecting their openness to innovation.

— Jared Diamond

I am quite familiar with Dubai and its design scene. I have been a regular visitor for more than 10 years. It is hard…

— Marcel Wanders

There is so much to discover in Dubai.

— Mo Farah

There are certain comforts of living here in Dubai, the comforts of so many mosques and so much good food... It's just that much…

— Cat Stevens

Openness fundamentally affects a lot of the core institutions in society - the media, the economy, how people relate to the government and just…

— Mark Zuckerberg

Private property and the market system are good not only to promote innovation and to promote growth; private property and the market system are…

— Thomas Piketty