Innovation, Creativity, Technology, Economy
Posted in Innovation, Non-Compete Agreements on Feb 21st, 2012
Here, we’ll look at some of the specific conditions that were primary enablers for Facebook and other major technology companies, and how they relate to Boston. The listed order of the conditions tends to be consistent with Facebook’s chronology, but otherwise, the order or length of discussion is not meant to indicate any particular meaning. [...]
Posted in Innovation, Non-Compete Agreements on Jul 8th, 2011
Response to: Facebook ‘Shock’ Has Boston Firms Searching for Next Zuckerberg.[1] Anyone, who is truly serious about “searching” for the next Facebook in the greater Boston area, first has to be serious about getting rid of non-compete agreements in Massachusetts. Not doing so, is to ignore the data and simply to repeat the same mistakes. [...]
Posted in Economy, Innovation on May 26th, 2011
The charts and data below update the previous analysis of S&P-1500 Technology Company Founding Dates. Data is shown for all 7 S&P Industry Sectors across the S&P-1500 Companies located in the 12 major CSAs. This uses the same data set as used in the previous several posts, based on the S&P-1500 as of close of [...]
Posted in Economy, Innovation on May 11th, 2011
Utilities Sector Companies included in the S&P-1500, as of close of business on May 6 2011, are described below. See S&P 1500 Sectors and Companies for an overview of this series of posts. The first group of tables show summary information for the Utilities Sector companies across 12 major CSAs and other areas. The tables [...]
Posted in Economy, Innovation on May 11th, 2011
Natural Resources Sector Companies included in the S&P-1500, as of close of business on May 6 2011, are described below. See S&P 1500 Sectors and Companies for an overview of this series of posts. The first group of tables show summary information for the Natural Resources Sector companies across 12+1 major CSAs and other areas. [...]