Novelty and social connection boost time spent playing
Recognition by peers leads to longer, more thoughtful online reviews and discussion threads
Alphabet’s M&A feeds its core business; Amazon’s more likely to push into new areas
R&D outlays and patents alone don’t effectively measure corporate creativity
A test was 93% accurate; more efficient than analyzing reviews
Cellphone signals and patent citations approximate a theory’s long-sought paper trail
Large-scale data project produces stark conclusion: military technology + agricultural productivity caused the takeoff
Breakthrough technologies are years off for aviation, but incremental improvements are available
Good ideas may be scarce, capital to fund them is not
Airbnb hosts seem to prosper more than Uber drivers
A model weighs vehicle cost and ownership to assess benefits to riders, drivers and companies
Academic medical centers, French elections and Chinese garment workers
Sales forecasting improves markedly as firms participate in standard setting organizations