By far the most important issue where the can got “kicked down the road” is any kind of concerted effort to deter or dissuade cross-border cyber-crime, cyber-attacks, cyber-vandalism and other various forms of hacking mischief. As more and more people become reliant of digital devices and networks for their livelihoods and leisure, their vulnerability to … Continue reading “Kicking the Cyber Attack Can Down the Road”
Author: Michael Schrage
Michael Schrage is a research fellow with the MIT Sloan School of Management's Center for Digital Business and a visiting fellow at the 'Innovation and Entrepreneurship' program of Imperial College in London. His ongoing research and advisory work focuses on 'innovation risk management'---exploring the economics and ethology of experimentation and simulation in managing innovation and risk. He is a great admirer of the work of Bob Buderi, to the point he insisted that Bob create this bio himself.
A Tolstoyvian Perspective on Revitalizing Michigan’s Economy—Or “It’s the Customer, Stupid”
To parody Tolstoy, all happy regional economies are alike; all unhappy regional economies are unhappy in their own way. Michigan has more reasons than most for authentic unhappiness. Even putting aside its uniquely dysfunctional politics, the state’s struggling entrepreneurial class and its bankrupted automobile industry have humbled—humiliated?—what was once a global economic powerhouse. Yes, the … Continue reading “A Tolstoyvian Perspective on Revitalizing Michigan’s Economy—Or “It’s the Customer, Stupid””