Tag: Innovation
Rise and fall of the landline: 143 years of telephones becoming...
Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University
The global economy has changed dramatically over the past century and a half.
When I lecture my Boston University business students...
Sci-fi movies are the secret weapon that could help Silicon Valley...
Andrew Maynard, Arizona State University
If there’s one line that stands the test of time in Steven Spielberg’s 1993 classic “Jurassic Park,” it’s probably Jeff...
Hiring highly educated immigrants leads to more innovation and better products
Gaurav Khanna, University of California San Diego and Munseob Lee, University of California San Diego
Much of the current debate over immigration is about what...
Why double-majors might beat you out of a job
Matthew J. Mayhew, The Ohio State University and Benjamin S. Selznick, James Madison University
Two college majors are better than one. That is the...
EU’s antitrust ‘war’ on Google and Facebook uses abandoned American playbook
Ramsi Woodcock, Georgia State University
The casual observer could be forgiven for thinking that European antitrust regulators have declared war on American tech giants.
On June...
Universities around the world should share notes as they face the...
Jimmy Volmink, Stellenbosch University
In 2016 I had the privilege of visiting four leading universities abroad. At KU Leuven in Belgium, Oxford in the UK...
How does a US president settle on his science policy?
Kelly Sims Gallagher, Tufts University
One of the president’s most important responsibilities is fostering science, technology and innovation in the U.S. economy. The relationship between...
Tech giants’ patent wars mean a longer wait for smarter phones
Ronald Klingebiel, University of Warwick
It seems there is no end to the smartphone litigation saga. A long-running US court case just reappraised Samsung’s violation...
EXPLORING NATURE
Geothermal energy has huge potential to generate clean power – including...
Moones Alamooti, University of North Dakota
As energy use rises and the planet warms, you might have dreamed of...
