Global Competition

How Lawyers Kill Business Deals

Dan Solin | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: American Competitiveness, Global Competition, Lawyers, Nonprofit-Companies, American Companies, Business News
Dan Solin

As American companies struggle to compete, executives have to decide if they want their success to be determined by lawyers, or if they want to build long term relationships, using common sense and agreements fair to both sides.

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I Spy Occupy

Alison Craiglow Hockenberry | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Freedom Box, Global Competition, Citizen Media, Occupy Wall Street, Ashoka Changemakers, Social Media Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Wall Street Corporations, Occupy Wall Street Twitter, Twitter-Occupy-Wall-Street, The Occupy Movement Corporate Threat Advisory, Technology News
Alison Craiglow Hockenberry

Big business has long employed social media monitoring companies to track and analyze the "chatter" about their products and brands. This infrastructure is a natural tool for confronting the Occupy Wall Street movement.

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It's Time to Stop Lying to Students and Parents and Raise Our Educational Standards

Craig R. Barrett | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Education, Common Core, Assessment, Math and Science, Economy, Global Competition, Innovation, Standards, STEM Education, Education News
Craig R. Barrett

It's time to use honest assessments and do the hard work of getting more of our students to clear the bar. Together, we can stop the race to the bottom for American students.

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Inventing Green

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Uspto, Commerce Department, Gary Locke, Global-Competition, Green Technology, Patents, Technology News
Jonathan A. Schein

The Patent Office's decision to fast-track 'green' technology patent applications could help revive one of the most fundamental aspects of American society -- our speed of innovation.

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Outsourcing: You Get What You Pay For

Tom Alderman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Steve Jobs, Service in India, Lou Dobbs, Mccain, Obama, Pet Food, Recession, Outsourcing, Outsourcing to India, John Kerry, Made in China, Made in America, Mandatory Service Disclosure, Global Competition, Pasadena City Council, Netflix, Business News
Tom Alderman

When a business transfers important control to someone else's hands on the other side of the planet, bad things happen, they say -- like compliance and fraud issues.

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