innovation

Should Your Professor Get 'Naked'?

By Jessica Calefati - The Paper Trail - August 18, 2009

The "teaching naked" movement encourages professors to stop using technology in the classroom. more >>

Guy Kawasaki on Innovation

By Liz Wolgemuth - The Inside Job - November 4, 2008

Kawasaki says 50-year-old companies can innovate as well as a start-up. more >>

Save Water, Make Money

Money - September 29, 2008

These drought-busting businesses have discovered the fountain of wealth. more >>

Health Buzz: Medicare Premiums and Other Health News

Health - September 26, 2008

Cellphones and brain cancer, chlorinated water turns 100, and Lance Armstrong gets back to biking. more >>

How You Can Support Entrepreneurs

By G.L. Hoffman - On Careers - September 23, 2008

American entrepreneurship may be our greatest economic strength, but innovators need help. more >>

A Time to Innovate

Money - September 19, 2008

Some of the business world's most influential women get together to take on the future. more >>

The Often-Overlooked Truth About Immigration

By Matthew Bandyk - Risky Business - September 9, 2008

Want to keep up entrepreneurial innovation? Keep up the immigration. more >>

The American Growth Machine Restarts

By James Pethokoukis - Capital Commerce - May 7, 2008

U.S. productivity seems to be kicking back into gear. more >>

Weakest Link?

Money - February 19, 2008

In the race for global competitiveness, is the U.S. falling behind? more >>

The Scariest Thing I've Read Today

By James Pethokoukis - Capital Commerce - February 8, 2008

Weakening productivity would be a bad economic harbinger. more >>

In Man vs. Rat, the Humans Get a New Edge

By Anuj Chopra - Nation & World - January 8, 2008

A modest advance in rat-catching technology is improving people's lives in rural India. more >>

Innovate or Else: 6 Thinkers' Ideas

By James Pethokoukis - Money - January 4, 2008

Why are some nations richer than others? It comes down to productivity. more >>

A Techno Fix for Climate Change and Peak Oil

By James Pethokoukis - Capital Commerce - November 15, 2007

Innovation is key to dealing with these possible problems. more >>

Blast From the Past

Money - October 25, 2007

Everything becomes obsolete eventually. That's why looking at the past can help you predict the future more >>

America Needs More Boing Boing Economics

Capital Commerce - March 23, 2007

My favorite site for all things weird, innovative, and creative is Boing Boing and not just because the site is–as it correctly describes itself–"a directory of wonderful things." It's also that it reminds me of how important innovation and creativity are for the future of the U. more >>

Don't Use the Market to Predict a Recession

Capital Commerce - February 28, 2007

Does Wall Street's swoon mean there's a recession on the way? I think JPMorgan economist Jim Glassman summed up the current situation pretty well to me late yesterday: "The question is, does a recession seem a plausible scenario in the current circumstances .. more >>

What if America Had an Innovation Czar?

Capital Commerce - February 21, 2007

The global economies that will fare best this century are those that will be the most innovative and productive. Think-tank wonks and Wall Street economists give this topic a lot of thought. more >>