Using your classroom teams in their online Wiki sites, have students conduct the following studies: Choose two of the countries listed in the WEF Global Competiveness Index 2012-13 and the Global Innovation Index 2012 studies presented in this month’s research section. Compare and contrast the…
Innovation drives company, country and regional success. In this twenty minute clip of the Global Innovation Index 2013, co-producers INSEAD and the World Intellectual Property Organization explain the findings and recent changes that have improved the information gleaned from the study. Now in its fifth…
Virtual learning documents that include photos and videos now can be created using iPhones, iPads, and iTouch devices and then posted to the Internet or shared with other users. The…
Finding credible news stories can be time consuming. One of the latest in the online news aggregation search sites is ScoopWeb. The search engine is easy to use and claims that it…
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) published its findings for 2011. While global total filings are increasing (2.13 million patents/ 4.2 million trademarks), China now files the most patent and…
Competition in the MOOC-sphere
This past fall, I audited Chuck Eesley’s Stanford Venture Lab MOOC course, “Technology Entrepreneurship.” With more than 34,500 students listed in the system, the experience provided an interesting view of what works in this MOOC environment. In the LinkedIn dedicated group, one of the students asked about the kind of competitive relationship that exists among…
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