persistent economic ties

There’s been a bit of a slow roll through the (mostly) academic blogs discussing a recent paper by Bronnenberg, Dhar & Dube from The Journal of Political Economy called “Brand History, Geography, and the Persistence of Brand Shares”. Here’s the abstract: We document evidence of a persistent “early entry” advantage for brands in 34 consumer […]

the cone of uncertainty

Here’s a really nice talk that Paul Saffo gave for the Long Now Organization up on fora.tv. It’s a bit long (85 minutes in total), but the 30 minutes of questions can be skipped. If you’re in a hurry, hit the link and then go to the menu to watch the sections titled ‘The Cone […]

trees vs. electrons

I find it ironic that Wired magazine, of all things, is much better to read in its physical paper version than it is to read it on its website. Every time I buy a copy, it seems a bit archaic (and wrong!) to be reading the physical version. But the design in the real magazine […]

Innovation within a networked economy – China’s electric cars

One week after I told my class that I thought that either China or India would build infrastructure for hydrogen fuel cell cars before any of the western countries did, the New York Times reports that China is trying to become the world leader in electric cars. So I was close! My reasoning was that […]

A must read

Kevin Kelly has put his book New Rules for the New Economy online – readable for free.  Personally, I find nearly everything that Kelly writes worth reading, but this book in particular is essential.  It’s pretty easy to discount a book written about the ‘new internet economy’ written over 10 years ago – it’s a […]