Proliferation of Start-up Firms

Proliferation of Start-up Firms

Start-up companies are extremely active at the frontier of applied science. Their origins are diverse, but the following scenarios are most common: Spin-off from a public research organization. Prior to the effective creation of a start-up company, the team is often...
Flash Food of Data

Flash Food of Data

This article is the fourth of a series about knowledge acceleration and fragmentation, after Knowledge Flood and Change Acceleration, Knowledge creation : Globalization and Exponential Growth, and Acceleration of Change. We often read flabbergasting announcements on...
Acceleration of Change

Acceleration of Change

This article is the third of a series about knowledge acceleration and fragmentation, after Knowledge Flood and Change Acceleration and Knowledge creation : Globalization and Exponential Growth.I assert that continued growth is essential to the rational and empirical...
Knowledge Flood and Change Acceleration

Knowledge Flood and Change Acceleration

This article is a first of a series about knowledge acceleration and fragmentation.  Examining the past century, we can see that the rates of both knowledge creation and innovation have accelerated. It is sometimes difficult for people of our time to appreciate the...