Category Archives: Science

First four draft chapters of The Means of Innovation now on SSRN

With all the moves and changes over the past year+, this blog has gotten very stale. Not sure anyone will even be checking in, but I hope to revive it.   The first four draft chapters of The Means of … Continue reading

Categories: Art, Commerce, Commercialization, Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Goods/Artifacts, Innovation, Law, Methods, Science, Services, Technology, Uncategorized

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The “performance” aspect of professional practice

Another interesting article in NY Times today. This time focusing on how some doctors are realizing that they are “performing” when providing their services: What Doctors Can Learn From Musicians Even more intriguing from my perspective is the following statement … Continue reading

Categories: Art, Creativity, Methods, Science, Services, Uncategorized

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The line between basic and applied research; episteme/science vs techne/art

Exactly two months since my last blog post–not sure where the time went! A NY Times article today provides an excellent story to illustrate the distinction (and hand-off point) between basic and applied research. For purposes of my Means of … Continue reading

Categories: Art, Biotechnology, Commercialization, Healing Arts, Innovation, Intellectual Property, Life & Health Sciences, Methods, Science, Technology, Technology Transfer, University to Industry

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Kent Greenfield and “The Myth of Choice”

Boston College law professor and author Kent Greenfield was in town yesterday to give a thought-provoking colloquium to the UW Law faculty on his new book The Myth of Choice. Through vivid and entertaining visuals and anecdotes he synthesized much … Continue reading

Categories: Antitrust & Competition Law, Commercial/Contract Law, Corporate/Securities Law, Employment Law, Jurisprudence, Law, Regulatory & Compliance Law, Science, Tax

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Great Example of an “Innovation Producer”

An article in the NYT a few days ago featured a young woman who managed to “invent” a prosthetic limb that would reduce phantom limb pain in amputees. The story is great for many reasons. But my focus here is … Continue reading

Categories: Commerce, Commercialization, Electrical & Digital Arts, Entrepreneurship, Goods/Artifacts, Innovation, Life & Health Sciences, Technology, Technology Entrepreneurship

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