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What Prompts Investments In Energy Innovation

The Horizons Tracker

Spurring renewable innovation. The researchers highlight that despite the invasion prompting many countries to double down on renewable innovation, others have responded by doubling down on domestic production of fossil fuels. Instead, it is participation in initiatives like Mission Innovation , which has done. Energy funding.

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Productivity Growth During The Digital Age Could Be Higher Than We Think

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They also suggest that these gains are not spread evenly across the economy, whether by country, industry, occupation, or even skill level. As an example, the researchers cite the rollout of broadband internet across Norway between 2001 and 2007, which didn’t produce any productivity gains according to official figures.

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Steve Jobs, Tim Cook, and Apple's Innovation Premium

Harvard Business Review

As Steve Jobs steps down as Apple's CEO — and Tim Cook takes over — many folks are wondering whether Apple can keep its innovation engine humming. During Jobs' absence from 1986-1998, Apple's innovation premium dropped by 30% as the company quit innovating and its investors lost confidence. Can he do it?

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How Good Was Steve Jobs, Really?

Harvard Business Review

Steve Jobs landed the number one spot in our ranking of the best CEOs in the world, published in HBR in January 2010. In our CEO ranking, we used three metrics to score a CEO ( see the January 2010 article for the methodology ). Industry-adjusted total shareholder return: 6,621%. Inflation-adjusted using 2010 as base year.

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HP's Decade-Long Departure

Harvard Business Review

•On September 3, 2001, HP announced that they would acquire Compaq. •On On October 23, 2001, Apple announced the iPod. The PC industry was no longer young but still thriving, why not consolidate? Consolidation is a natural and well-reasoned practice for maturing industries. And it's not like they were ignoring innovation.

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The U.S. Can’t Count on Technology to Revive the Job Market

Harvard Business Review

The declines in manufacturing jobs during the downturns of 2001 and 2007, which totaled over 5.8 There are indeed many interesting applications in niches like prototyping, prosthetics, customized consumer products, jewelry, and even some industrial components such as turbine blades. million, were the largest in U.S.

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The Market Wants Apple to Unveil a Time Machine

Harvard Business Review

What the naysayers are overlooking or ignoring is that one could have made a list for Steve Jobs that would look remarkably similar: Missed earnings: Apple posted a $247 million quarterly loss ( in 2001 , four years after Jobs took over — and the stock went UP in after-hours trading). Bad quality control: MobileMe, antenna-gate.