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I am a Professor of Technological Innovation in the MIT Sloan School of Management, and am also a Professor in MIT’s Engineering Systems Division. I specialize in research related to the nature and economics of distributed and open innovation. I also develop and teach about practical methods that individuals, open user communities, and firms can …
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Hot Topics AA: As US looks for exit in Afghanistan, China digs in 10/31/09 AU: China is not a strategic threat: Australian opposition leader 10/31/09 CN: China’s crime-buster gets a second wind 10/30/09 CN: The monks and the military 10/31/09 CN: US admiral concerned about China military buildup 10/30/09 IN: India rebels ‘got corporate fund’ …
Cash for Clunkers Actual Cost: $24,000 per Car By Chip Hanlon | 11/02/09 Auto industry research firm, Edmunds, says the program actually cost $24,000 per car! In summary: the administration loves to tout the 690,000 vehicles sold in July and August, but the Edmunds report says that only 125,000 (18%) of those sales were incremental, meaning the …
Brandon Keim October 28, 2009 NOTE: Brandon Keim’s Twitter stream and reportorial outtakes; Wired Science on Twitter. Brandon is currently working on a book about ecosystem and planetary tipping points. With nothing more than beads in a glass box, physicists have revealed yet another mysterious property of granular solids, now recognized by scientists as a …
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Journal of Futures Studies Epistemology, Methods, Applied and Alternative Futures The Journal of Futures Studies (JFS) is published by the Graduate Institute of Futures Studies, Tamkang University, Tamsui, Taipei, Taiwan. The editors invite contributors in the areas of foresight, forecasting, long-range planning, visioning and other related areas. The Journal’s approach is:
Explaining Research – How much do drugs really cost to develop? Although this does not seem like a fact that most people would commit to memory, somehow the average American has come to know that, not only is it insanely expensive to create a new drug and bring it to market, but it is expensive …
