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How the current patent system actually hurts innovation (and how patent trolls are being fought)

Idea to Value

If you want to see just crazy the situation is, watch this video by software developer Austin Meyer, in which he describes his experience trying to fight these patent infringement claims with the companies that sued him. I highly recommend you watch it.

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How Apple created two giants

Matthew Griffin

To understand Samsung’s rise to dominance we have to go back to the turn of the new millennium when Apple released their first generation iPod in 2001, quickly followed by the iTunes store in 2002.

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6 Reasons Platforms Fail

Harvard Business Review

Failure to engage developers. The platform owner must also show software developers what’s in it for them if they contribute. In 2013, Johnson Controls invited developers to help them build Panoptix, an energy efficiency platform for buildings and office space. Conceding defeat in 2002, eBay bought PayPal for $1.4

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The Real Reason Superstar Firms Are Pulling Ahead

Harvard Business Review

Industries with a higher share of IT workers saw more concentration between 2002 and 2007, even after controlling for M&A activity and several other variables. (He excluded tech industries from the analysis since his aim was to study how IT adoption was helping firms, rather than industries that produce IT-related products.)

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7 Tips for Managing Freelancers and Independent Contractors

Harvard Business Review

has hired freelancers—mostly software developers—for 15 years. Sumeet Goel first starting hiring contractors in 2002 when he founded HighPoint Associates, a firm that draws from a network of independent consultants to staff client projects. Case study #1: Be sensitive and flexible. Case study #2: Know what they want.

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How Software Is Helping Big Companies Dominate

Harvard Business Review

Research by one of us (James) links this trend to software. Even outside of the tech sector, the employment of more software developers is associated with a greater increase in industry concentration, and this relationship appears to be causal. Steve Jobs initially resisted letting developers build apps for the iPhone.

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What GM’S Layoffs Reveal About the Digitalization of the Auto Industry

Harvard Business Review

The mean digitalization score of workers in the advanced manufacturing sector, of which auto is a part, surged 60%, from 24 to 39 since 2002. This has reoriented the occupational mix of the industry, changing its hiring needs and layoff decisions.