Monthly Archives: April 2011

Flying Monkeys and the Future of Innovation

A group of girl scouts from Iowa has won a global innovation award for designing a prosthetic hand device.

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Is Senator Carl Levin Channeling FDR?

A report last week describing events leading up to the 2008 financial crisis blames the bankers – just as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt did in his first inaugural address on March 4, 1933.

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Subscription Prescription: Who Will Pay — and How Much — for Online News?

On March 28, The New York Times launched its second online subscription model in nearly six years. And earlier this year, News Corp. launched a newspaper called The Daily, available exclusively on Apple’s iPad. Wharton experts consider the viability of charging for online news.

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A New Era for China

William Fung, managing director of Hong Kong-based supply chain company Li & Fung, talks about China’s emergence as a key consumer market.

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The Bull in China’s Shops and Shop Floors

China has overtaken the U.S — in Capitalism. China has gone from Cultural Revolution to one of Capitalism’s top cheerleaders in little more than a generation. Now its free-market faith runs deeper than in the U.S., according to a new survey.

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Merck’s Growth Strategy: Cohabitation over Marriage

A new joint venture between Merck and India’s Sun Pharmaceuticals is evidence of the New Jersey company’s new strategy of partnerships before mergers.

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No Volcanic Ash but Plenty of Book News

More ebook sales and the rise of electronic reading platforms point to a new chapter in this year’s London Book Fair, which opens today. Also today: the launch of Wharton Digital Press.

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Beating the Black Market Blues in China

Earlier this year, Chinese authorities lit bonfires of pirated goods across the country to mark a crackdown on intellectual property rights infringement. Was it only a gesture, or is real change coming?

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