Innovation continues to rise in importance. In The Boston Consulting Group's tenth annual global survey of the state of innovation, 79 percent of respondents ranked innovation as either the top-most priority or a top-three priority at their company, the highest percentage since we began asking the question in 2005, when 66 percent said innovation was their top or among their three top priorities.

IAG Cargo has launched a Cargo Connector delivery service in the U.S.

Covectra, a provider of technology for product serialization, authentication and tracking and tracing, has launched a new system for protecting infant formula from counterfeiting.

Transportation Insight LLC, a global third-party logistics (3PL) provider, has acquired BirdDog Solutions, a provider of parcel logistics in North America.

The Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee has created a program to promote gender diversity in the field.

Boston Consulting Group has developed xChange, a Web-based marketplace to help ocean carriers reposition empty containers around the world.