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Superior entrepreneurial performance is not driven by technical knowledge

Other Sciences / Economics

created May 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Entrepreneurs in high-technology industries often have significant prior industry experience. A new study in Strategic Management Journal reveals that this experience is critical to their success. Surprisingly, however, it is ...





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Light electric motor spins out

Light electric motor spins out

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new Oxford University spin-out company, Oxford Yasa Motors, has been set up to commercialise lightweight electric motors developed at the Department of Engineering Science. The new technology ...


Success of the academy approach?

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A complex picture is emerging about the controversial Academies programme. Researchers analyse and report findings about Academies in a special issue of the journal Management in Education (MIE), published today by SAGE. ...


Athletes on performance enhancers more likely to abuse alcohol, other drugs

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

College athletes who use performance-enhancing substances may be at heightened risk of misusing alcohol and using recreational drugs as well, according to new research in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.


Velocity Micro Acquires Overdrive PC

Technology / Business

created May 02, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In a surprising move, Velocity Micro will be acquiring boutique PC builder Overdrive PC in a private stock deal.


When good companies do bad things

When good companies do bad things: Examining illegal corporate behavior

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

The more prominent and financially successful a corporation becomes, the more likely it is to break the law, according to a new study led by a Michigan State University scholar that challenges previous research.


The future of private equity

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Although global private equity markets have fallen on hard times, reports of their imminent demise are greatly exaggerated. So says Steve Kaplan, a widely recognized authority on entrepreneurial finance and corporate governance ...


Intel Solid-State Drive Toolbox Enables Users to Maximize SSD Performance over Time

Intel Solid-State Drive Toolbox Enables Users to Maximize SSD Performance over Time

Technology / Software

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

On the heels of the Microsoft Windows 7 introduction, Intel Corporation today announced the availability of the Intel Solid-State Drive (SSD) Toolbox, with Intel SSD Optimizer and firmware update, for its ...


Cool product: $20 artificial knee for patients in the developing world

Cool product: $20 artificial knee for patients in the developing world

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Last year Joel Sadler and his classmates faced a daunting challenge in their Biomedical Device Design and Evaluation course: Create a low-cost, high-performance prosthetic knee joint for amputees ...


The evolving manager stereotype: Gender a factor in measuring a team's performance

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Although women have made strides in the business world, they still occupy less than two percent of CEO leadership positions in the Fortune 500. Not surprisingly therefore leaders still tend to be thought of as men and most ...


Drug for erectile dysfunction improves heart function in young heart-disease patients

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Heart function significantly improved in children and young adults with single-ventricle congenital heart disease who have had the Fontan operation following treatment with sildenafil, a drug used to treat erectile dysfunction ...



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