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Continue reading →: A New American Competitiveness, Fueled by Relative Innovation
Innovation is in the eye of the beholder. The solution offered by the American Competitiveness Initiative focuses on absolute innovation, but does not consider relative innovation. Catalyzing relative innovation still requires a capital investment, but will focus less on the basic R&D issues and more on the issue of appropriate…
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Continue reading →: The Relativity of Innovation
Increasing innovation is something that many companies want to do to enhance and sustain competitiveness. In “Will the American Competitiveness Initiative Work?” I asked whether throwing money at the problem is the best approach. I ask this question because most of the books and academic literature on innovation only consider…
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Continue reading →: Will the American Competitiveness Initiative (ACI) Work?
The financial meltdown and struggling markets have renewed the need to catalyze innovation through science and technology policy. For example, John Doerr, the internationally recognized partner at the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, has remarked that Obama needs to “kick-start a huge amount of innovation…
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Continue reading →: Questions for a Technology Assessment
If you’re already familiar with what a technology assessment is all about, here are some examples of questions you can ask to help form ideas to shape your analysis: Cultural/Social Context. How does technology change the way we view ourselves in the historical context? How does technology change the way…
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Continue reading →: How do you conduct a Technology Assessment?
Technology assessment is the process of exploring the impacts of a new technology on people, social and governmental structures, and societies. Together, a technology assessment and environmental analysis can provide useful inputs into how a company or organization can develop a strong strategy. The acronym I use to remind me…
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What is an Environmental Analysis?
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Continue reading →: What is an Environmental Analysis?An environmental analysis (or environmental assessment) is a decision-making tool, often applied in technology management to characterize the forces impacting an emerging technology or a new or existing product. The environmental analysis can help you determine the effects of a proposed project or policy, and to proactively assess the impacts…
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Continue reading →: Setting Expectations: Google Voice Search on the iPhone
On Friday, November 14th, John Markoff published a story in the New York Times announcing the new Google Voice Search technology for the iPhone. Here’s how he set expectations about the features and release date for this admittedly exciting new tool: Users of the free application, which Apple is expected…
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