var gaJsHost = ((“https:” == document.location.protocol) ? “https://ssl.” : “http://www.”); document.write(unescape(“%3Cscript src=’” + gaJsHost + “google-analytics.com/ga.js’ type=’text/javascript’%3E%3C/script%3E”)); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker(“UA-857684-6”); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} Robert Reich and Jeremy Siegel were on a radio talk show and each had a different take on how long the recovery will take. Reich felt that theContinue reading “Slow recovery or fast recovery? depends on tapping into global innovation”
Category Archives: Intellectual Property
Innovation and the recession- store brands gain power
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-857684-6"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} "Necessity is the mother of innovation" and the recession has certainly been a situation of extreme need for organizations and individuals alike. Store brands have gained power duringContinue reading “Innovation and the recession- store brands gain power”
Michigan Auto Industry is changing
Somehow Michigan fascinates me for its auto industry and what it has given to the study of management,innovation and the wrong way to manage buyer seller relationships. When I heard on the radio about the leading rate of job losses and foreclosures in Michigan, I felt bad for the folks in Michigan. But this mayContinue reading “Michigan Auto Industry is changing”
Mature Global design Strategies improve profits
I was rather happy to read the Aberdeen report’s summary which highlights that global product design and development leads to reduction in product development time and time to market while allowing the protection of intellectual property through Digital Rights Management. This blog and my research has been investigating these issues for some time and IContinue reading “Mature Global design Strategies improve profits”
Globalization – the perennial China India question
Globalization as we treat it in textbooks and the classroom seems pretty exciting and don’t get me wrong- it is! But what amazes me is the wide mis-understanding among faculties, company executives and small business owners about what globalization offers as opportunity to the American enterprise. Let’s face it , notwithstanding every criticism lately inContinue reading “Globalization – the perennial China India question”
Consumer Data Privacy and British Channel 4 TV Sting Operation
At a recent talk at the North East Supply Chain Conference on Global Sourcing (I will report with photos of this great conference at Marlborough MA soon), the audience had a great deal of interest in the privacy and IP protection regime and culture in India. I emphasized India’s democracy and free media. Quite simplyContinue reading “Consumer Data Privacy and British Channel 4 TV Sting Operation”