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The Electric Car Battery War

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U.S. and Asian rivals are rushing to hone lithium-ion technology. Should the feds get involved?
There is little in its spare Manhattan headquarters to suggest that Ener1 (HEV) could someday be an industrial power. The office of Charles A. Gassenheimer, a former hedge fund manager installed as CEO in August to [...]

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Electric Cars’ MPG Conundrum

The mega-mileage hype surrounding the Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf points to problems with performance ratings on new car technologies

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An Open Platform for Electric Car-Charging Networks?

Some players in the market envision a Java-like platform to accelerate deployment and foster innovation

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India and China Wise Up to Innovation

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Harold Sirkin of Boston Consulting says rapidly developing economies, once content to copy and improve, are institutionalizing new thinking.
Like other major company activities, innovation must be managed in a disciplined way. Yet innovation often is treated like a corporate stepchild. Because innovation may be scattered among many departments, the process of [...]

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Funding Invention Vs. Managing Innovation

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America still confuses the two, seeing increased R&D spending as the way to growth. Time to take some lessons from the East
George W. Bush’s proposal to increase federal government R&D spending is revealing on two levels. It suggests a growing sense of urgency about the need for the U.S. to strengthen its innovation [...]

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