How Companies Manage to Endure

Whether a company lasts for the long term or not depends on how top executives manage it every day: From Chief Executive magazine: The Secrets of Corporate Longevity In an age when Microsoft can pile up tens of billions in cash in a little more than two decades, one might well argue that firms should […]…

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How To Improve Technology Commercialization

June 11, 2014–This is one of the most important articles I’ve written lately. The main piece is about how the United States can facilliate the flow of technologies from its idea factories. The second item is a how-to table. Making Tech Transfer Work How America’s idea factories can work with CEOs to commercialize more technology. […]…

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Automotive Age in Transition

June 15, 2014–This is a fun piece in Compass magazine, the thought leadership platform for Dassault Systemes, the big French software company. From jobs to privacy, driverless cars will bring profound social change Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are poised to create massive societal impacts while transforming urban landscapes and national economies. From the work we do […]…

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Post-BRIC World

I’ve been following this subject for a long time and am very pleased with this article in Compass magazine: http://compassmag.3ds.com/ POST-BRIC WORLD Experts comb the globe to predict the next emerging markets By William J. Holstein After a spectacular ten-year run, economic growth in the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) is slowing, and […]…

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