As part of pursuing my "business detox" research agenda, I have tried to pay due attention to the work of economist Ronald Coase who developed the first theories on "why firms exist". As The Economist newspaper explains in their recent obituary for ... [Continue Reading]
Your career: can you think like a start-up?
I read a short book review in the Economist recently for Reid Hoffman's (founder of LinkedIn) and Ben Casnocha's new book "The Start-up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career". While I haven't read the book (yet ... [Continue Reading]
Fixing higher education
I read with interest a recent editorial in The Economist, titled "How to make college cheaper". It is an interesting read, and talks about a researcher's thought experiment around how to offer an education currently priced at $26,000 annually for the ... [Continue Reading]
