Archive for January, 2011

Key to Successful Innovation: Knowing How to Manage Failure

Posted on January 31st, 2011 | By David Gard

An interesting and provocative perspective on innovation from a venture capitalist as posted today at RealClearMarkets.com: Read more here Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post

Innovative Kelley School model to offset tuition costs featured in The Economist

Posted on January 31st, 2011 | By David Gard

Dan Smith, dean of Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, was recently featured in The Economist on innovative new approaches universities can take to help combat rising tuition costs facing students.  As Dean Smith articulates, business schools are perfectly positioned to develop new ways of paying for higher education.   Under his direction, the Kelley School is [...]

American Made: The Impact of Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Professionals on U.S. Competitiveness

Posted on January 31st, 2011 | By Tony Armstrong

Thought you may enjoy reading this. American Made: The Impact of Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Professionals on U.S. Competitiveness. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post

Regional Innovation Clusters (4th of a Series)

Posted on January 26th, 2011 | By David Gard

Blog Post #4: Indiana University and Indiana Life Science Cluster Our previous post has discussed Regionalism and clusters as a tool for economic development and the role of the university in the process.  Through our Innovate Indiana initiative, Indiana University has played a significant role in economic development and innovation, particularly with respect to life [...]

Regional Innovation Clusters (3rd of a Series)

Posted on January 24th, 2011 | By David Gard

Blog Post #3: Universities and Regional Innovation Clusters The first two posts of this series discussed “regional innovation clusters” - what they are, why they are beneficial, and what makes one successful.  We determined in the previous post, that the three examples of clusters that were highlighted - Colorado CleanTech, Indiana Life Sciences and the Michigan Battery [...]