Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

Daniel Suarez’s novel Change Agent describes a near future in which synthetic biology has reshaped every industry. It’s an illustration of how, just as the internet didn’t stop at revolutionizing the computer industry, the impacts of advances in synthetic biology won’t be limited to biotech.

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Stephenson White Paper Real Estate Hedge 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2012

It was inspired by comments from author Neal Stephenson, who espoused the latter view in a Q&A at MIT. So I wrote a piece juxtaposing the Stephenson/Cowen view with the work of MIT's Erik Brynjolfsson, who has been amassing evidence that a digitization-fueled economic revolution is in fact beginning to happen. And why not?

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Stephenson Film Media Innovation 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2015

Randall Stephenson of AT&T explained, “We had 270,000 people we employed around the globe. The speed at which those problems happened was exponentially increased because of the ability of people to communicate through social media.” One area that proved especially challenging was mobility. Ken Powell of U.S.

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CEO Stephenson Pharmaceuticals Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

But CEO Randall Stephenson immediately denied both versions, and reiterated that the company will not let go of either CNN or the deal itself, pledging to fight the government if necessary. That’s certainly true in media industries, which are driven by broadband, mobile devices, and new video platforms preferred by younger consumers.

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