Innovation: Off the Beaten Path

By Guest Author Jordan Cole Innovation is the intersection of invention and insight, leading to the creation of economic value. The university has long been regarded as the most efficient innovation engine but, as this essay will argue, this is a misguided and even false impression.

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A Public University’s Online Journey: Hunt Lambert of CSU (Part 1)

Hunt Lambert is the Associate Provost of Continuing Education at Colorado State University and CEO of CSU Global Campus. Hunt is the former director of the Colorado State University Entrepreneurship Center and a faculty member of the College of Business. During his businesses career he was part of 25 startups. He teaches strategy and business

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Deal Radar 2009: InXpo

As discussed in an earlier post, overall travel demand is expected to fall 11% in the year. The biggest impact will likely be on corporate travel, where budgets are expected to be down 15%. While the current quarter’s trends might suggest that demand is bottoming out, there is no denying that businesses are still restricting

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Buying and Selling Online Schools: The Unusual Career of Michael Clifford (Part 7)

SM: How do you handle your regulatory relationships? MC: We have to manage our regulatory relationships very carefully. That is one area where we can lose all of our money.

Deal Radar 2009: Elements Akademia

The education market in India was recently estimated at $30 billion, with an ‘employability training’ segment pegged at about $1 billion. Today’s Deal Radar company aims to emerge as one of the top providers in this segment and capture a 7%–8% market share. Elements Akademia runs India’s first chain of finishing schools aimed at bridging

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