FEATURE
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Research Deals Under Microscope
October 15, 2010 | Inside Higher Ed
Major public universities risk losing the public trust by giving big oil companies undue influence over faculty research on alternative energy, according to a report by the Center for American Progress. The report, “Big Oil Goes to College,” stops short of saying that the likes of BP have muzzled professors but expresses serious concerns
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Research Universities and Big Pharma’s Wicked Problem
October 12, 2010 | Xconomy
A few years ago BP awarded a consortium of universities led by Berkeley $500 million over 10 years to develop biofuels. BP is a huge company with a wealth of resources. Why did it choose to turn to universities for help? Graham Fleming, vice-chancellor for research explains it this way:
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How to Reboot the Bioscience Revolution
October 14, 2010 | Fortune
This "new biology" is nascent, and much of it is years away from making a difference in our lives. Nor has most of it been properly studied to see which parts will actually enhance health or reduce health-care costs -- or who will get access to it in the U.S. and globally.
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N.Y. Faces $200 Billion in Retiree Health Costs
October 13, 2010 | New York Times
The cities, counties and authorities of New York have promised more than $200 billion worth of health benefits to their retirees while setting aside almost nothing, putting the public work force on a collision course with the taxpayers who are expected to foot the bill.
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New Efforts Under Way to Aid Small Businesses
October 18, 2010 | Delaware Online
For small businesses, it sure seems like a backward sort of economic recovery. Even as the big banks wade in bailout money and boost executive bonuses, small businesses are feeling the same old recessionary blues. Credit lines are still being cut, new health care costs are possibly on the way, and many have been scrambling to survive as business slowly revives.
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Recessions and Innovation are Funny Things
October 13, 2010 | Business Strategy Innovation
Recessions are funny things – on the one side economic horror story on the other harbinger of an explosion of innovation opportunities – sort of a “is the glass half full or half empty” coin toss really.
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Harvard vs. Stanford: Which Builds a Better Entrepreneur?
October 13, 2010 | Fortune
When you think of the world's best business schools, you inevitably think of two great rivals: Harvard and Stanford. For decades, Harvard has long been known as the West Point of Capitalism, the breeding ground of the corporate elite, while Stanford has smartly used its Palo Alto location to serve as a highly productive incubator for Silicon Valley.
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