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Scott Converse, UW-Madison School of Business, on the innovation mind-set

, he addressed information techno...

Who is minding the Innovation Gap?

Unofficially, it starts the summer season and with sparkling weather framing joyous graduates, family picnics, the...

Making deals with evolving technologies in mind

In today's business environment, companies must consider and understand h...

Indian trade possibilities boggle the mind

As I am still in the middle of an Illinois trade mission, this column will focus on some key facts about India, whereas the next one will focus on impressions, some of the peopl...

Starting a tech business? Step 1 is minding the intellectual property

The idea usually comes first. Is it Biotech? Software? Before raising any money, hiring an employee, or forming a business entity, protecting this commercial idea is critical because it is most likely intellectual property. <br...

State should keep open mind on nuclear power

Wisconsin's donor-state status isn't going to change soon, despite the be...

Neurognostics receives special FDA clearance for MindState fDAD

., a Wisconsin company specializing in functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) products and services, announced today that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Special 510(k) approval for market clearance of its trademarked MindState fDAD. MindState fDAD had previously received clearance in Febr...

Douglas Stewart Co., Mindjet form distribution partnership

to distribute Mindjet's new MindManager Basic 6 and Pro 6 software applications to more than 4,500 academic resellers and 150 college stores in the United States...

Physician mindset slows adoption of electronic health records

If you are a resident of Wisconsin and insert your card in an ATM in San Francisco, the system will immediately recognize you, your bank, and your financial records. But if you find yourself in an emergency room you'll likely need that same card to pay for an extensive series of tests because your medical record is a piece of paper sitting in your hometown doctor's office. Information te...

Simple versus simple-minded

We here at Buzz-Word Central feel conditions warrant raising the threat level on the word simple. Weve identified a significantly increased level of chatter around the term in the IT and business-management press. While specific threats to your organization by this term have not been identified, Buzz-Word Central subscribers are urged to prepare themselves by...<br...

Reading Tommy Thompson's mind – life after public service

Now what? Everyone thinks I have some cushy job lined up now that I've decided to quit as secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services, but they couldn't be further from the truth. Most people don't realize that federal ethics rules basically keep Cabinet secretaries from talking t...

UW-Madison puts heart and mind into stem cells

The answer to reversing the deterioration caused by acute diseases of the brain and heart may lie in stem-cell treatment, according to the o...

Doyles Japan trip opens doors and minds for Wisconsin

From September 25 to October 1, a team of 27 university and corporate representatives visited Japan to network with and tour Japanese industry, discussi...

Minding the Generation Gap

"Mind the gap"..."Mind the gap"... Those are the words of the automated announcement that one used to hear in London Underground (subway to us Americans) cars whenever the doors opened. The gap refers to the space between the train car and the platform. As I travel through the American workplace today, I cant help thinking that this warning should be played in executive suites all over the countr...

The passing of Ronald Reagan, and other Americans, is a reminder of the promise of stem-cell research

MADISON My fathers slow retreat in the face of Alzheimers Disease was typical of how it robs people of their lives. His degeneration was slow, at first, but gathered momentum over time. Independence turned to dependence. At the end, Claude Richmond Still was in otherwise fine physical shape for a man of 80, but his memory and even his ability to mumble more than a cogent word or two was gone. Hi...