In this session from Techonomy 2011 in Tuscon, Ariz., Techonomy's David Kirkpatrick asks Dan Hesse, CEO of Sprint Nextel Corporation, how the corporate landscape has changed since the rise of consumer empowerment through social media and the Internet. More
Tyler Cowen Doesn’t Believe Tech Is Central Economic Driving Force
In this debate from Techonomy 2011, in Tuscon, Ariz., Tyler Cowen, a professor of economics at George Mason University, argues that technology is not the main driving force behind the economy. In fact, says Cowen, economic growth has been the slowest during notable technological booms. More
Harvey Mudd President Maria Klawe on Justifying High Tuitions
In this session from Techonomy 2011 in Tuscon, Ariz., Maria Klawe, President of Harvey Mudd College, argues that high tuition can be justified at institutions that stimulate innovation and produce replicable results. At Harvey Mudd, which has only 750 students, 40 percent of computer science students are female, something Klawe says should serve as a model for the rest of the country. More
Maelle Gavet of Ozon.ru on How ‘Offline’ Ideas Can Help Business
Ozon.ru is Russia's biggest online retailer, but its business is built on an offline foundation. In this video from Techonomy 2011 in Tucson, Ariz., Ozon.ru CEO Maelle Gavet discusses how cultural quirks unique to Russia require offline, person-to-person customer service to drive online commerce. Gavet has succeded in building Ozon's brand by embracing robust offline systems. More
Scott Cook on Scientific Experimentation in Business
In this video from the "Revolutions in Progress" session at Techonomy 2011, in Tucson, Ariz., Scott Cook, Founder and Chairman of Intuit, tells two stories about how scientific experimentation helped institutions find innovative solutions to complex problems. First, he describes how junior-level staff at his company created a text-message notification system for farmers in India to alert them about crop prices in nearby markets. Senior management initially doubted the tool's viability, but it went on to significantly improve the livelihood of over 400,000 Indian farmers. Second, he profiles the Chinese city of Shenzhen, where in the 1980s government officials allowed local markets, instead of communist government regulations, to dictate economic growth, providing a successful model for the rest of China. More
Vivek Ranadivé on a New Model for Data Access and Organization
In this video from the session "The Brain and the Data: How Accurately Can We Predict?" at Techonomy 2011 in Tucson, Ariz., Techonomy's David Kirkpatrick talks to TIBCO CEO Vivek Ranadivé about a new model for data access and organization that gives data context, and removes information into more accessible options like cloud storage. More
Jack Dorsey on How Square and Twitter are Similar
In this video from the "21st Century Individuals vs. 20th Century Organizations" session at Techonomy 2011 in Tucson, Ariz., Techonomy founder David Kirkpatrick asks Jack Dorsey about the similarities, and differences, between his two companies, Twitter and Square. Both are utilities, says Dorsey, and both are defined by the user. More
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China: The New Techonomic Power
Chinese companies continue to expand around the world as domestic Chinese technology relentlessly improves. How should the world and business respond? Xiao Guo of ThoughtWorks, Doreen Lorenzo of frog, Cisco's Ned Hooper, and Gary Rieschel of Qiming Venture Partners discuss in this session at Techonomy 2011 in Tucson, Ariz. More
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