Research Notes

An Open Letter to Jeff Immelt

I am writing to you today for two reasons. First, because until these announcements, you seemed to understand the China Model and its one-sided intentions. And second,...

Special Letter: The Reformers Are Leaving Our Schools in the 20th Century

This is an unprecedented time in U.S. education, and awareness that we have a problem has never been higher. Billions of dollars of public and private money are lined up...

The Impact of Shared Devices

A friend of mine gave the gift of a new Kindle for Christmas. Being the thoughtful type, he told the recipient he would leave it on his own Amazon account, and that she...

Special Alert: Steve Jobs Out Again

With Steve Jobs' announcement that he is taking a medical leave from his position as CEO of Apple Inc, Mark Anderson makes some predictions about how Apple will fare in the...

Consumer Technologies: Mirroring Differences

I had the questionable fortune of spending a couple of days with about 137,000 geeklike men of indeterminate age last week, and perhaps 1,500 post-teen slim blonde models....

Economic Cyberwar: The New Security Mandate

In order to fully appreciate our concept of "Economic Cyberwar," one should start with the idea that the form of war preferred by mercantilist states is not militarist, but...

Predictions for 2011

As usual, I started my annual Predictions Dinner conversation with suggestions of how the landscape would appear in the coming year, before offering 10 predictions. And,...

Special Letter: The Making of the Film "Climate Refugees - The Human Face of Climate Change"

Publisher’s Note: Today, most citizens, and their leaders, around the world are convinced both of climate change and of the human contribution that is increasingly driving...

Special Letter: Democratizing Computing: Cellphones as the New Computing Platform

You have watched the industry strategic energies move over time from fewer users of more powerful machines, to a global base of users of many types of less-expensive...

Dangerous Pyramids: Business Without Profits

Let's look at the two major worlds of consumer commerce, and give a cold assessment of what we see, in terms of profits.
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