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- 01 Sep 2011
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Capitalism’s False Mantra
one that has little chance of getting better with the current theories in place,” Martin writes. Clearly, maximizing shareholder value has not worked and needs to be replaced. The problem as Martin sees it is that CEOs game the system to... View Details
- 17 Aug 2015
- News
The Play Alchemist
a system that can allow your product or service to reach as many people as possible in a sustainable way.” So far, it is reaching people quite nicely. As of April, the company has sold 50,000 Socckets, and Pulses are currently sold out.... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Water for Life
for reliable, affordable water service. Nearly two of every three gallons of water pumped through the dilapidated distribution system were lost or stolen. Desperate for a remedy, the Philippine government invited the private sector to... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Tapping into more effective water technologies
Laura Shenkar (MBA 1992) is helping companies and governments apply the most important innovations in water. "Providing solutions to tackle water scarcity is one of the greatest business opportunities of our time," says Shenkar, founder... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
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Forward Thinking
create value more broadly.” The spillovers from innovation in the commercial space sector are also highly ecumenical. A space-based system capable of detecting troop movements, for instance, can just as... View Details
- 24 Feb 2016
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Did William Alden Invent the Car of the Future in the 1960s?
William Alden (MBA 1952) was sorting mail when he had the thought: The concept behind the automated conveyer system he was perfecting for routing letters could be used to move people. It was the 1950s, a time of great investment in... View Details
- 09 Jan 2014
- News
Tapping into Opportunity
irrigation systems and techniques still used today. Unfortunately, water has also been the cause of many bloody wars in the region. In the US, conflict over water hasn't reached that intensity, but bitter legal and political disputes are... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
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Faculty Opinion: Making It Better
Image by Jezper by Regina E. Herzlinger Health care now represents some 18 percent of the American economy. With its costs continuing to rise, and with tens of millions uninsured, we in the United States are understandably preoccupied with our own View Details
- 19 Aug 2024
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Quantum Leap
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Quantum computing has long been talked about as one of the next big things—the kind of technology, like AI, that will change everything. But to our... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Student turns family health crisis into online solution
When Shana Hoffman (MBA 2014) and her family tried to navigate the world of health care in the US to help Hoffman’s father with his medical issues, the electrical systems engineer looked at the problem from a distinct perspective. “No... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
Bedford, Massachusetts in the 1800s, where we saw the roots of the venture capital industry. Then, of course, we found ourselves in Silicon Valley, where so many of the brands that shape our daily life got their start in humble garages. Silicon Valley has been the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Flexibility Is Key to Product Development in Internet Time
investments in architectural design can facilitate a more flexible innovation process. They observed successful firms creating a modular system that could accommodate the addition of new components without... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
The US Patent System’s Uncertain Fate
but also the patent system serving as a real drag on innovation. LC: You’ll see a shift in innovation to other countries. But you’ll also see continued growth in patent issuances in the United States. If I’m... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
structures and systems as well as reconciling the varying speeds at which divisions within a company may develop. Merson explores these different aspects of growth and outlines strategies and tactics to enable businesses to move forward... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Books
productivity. Professor Lerner and his coauthor show how legal changes initiated in the 1980s converted the system from a stimulator of innovation to a creator of litigation and uncertainty that threatens... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
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A Primer on Patents
The result of that abiding interest is his new book, Innovation and Its Discontents (Princeton University Press), which he cowrote with Professor Adam B. Jaffe of Brandeis University. Why do we need a patent View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Multiple generations of computing
computer-memory system modeled after the human neocortex. The first product, Grok, detects anomalies in IT systems by automatically finding complex patterns in streams of data. In reflecting on her career... View Details
- 03 Mar 2017
- News
Big Blue’s Big Bet
she had a different type of leukemia. They ran more tests but saw no sign of one. The hospital was affiliated with the University of Tokyo’s Institute of Medical Science, which had partnered with IBM Watson, a cloud-based cognitive-computing View Details
Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Mara Aspinall
loved ones. However, widespread adoption of new medical innovations goes through three phases: Fear, Value, and Acceptance. Patients, physicians, and payers are understandably skeptical at first and fearful about how View Details