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The train to the terminal station

Digital Equipment Corporation Silicon Graphics Corporation Sun Microsystems One might get the impression that the boards of directors of technology companies have as much ability to intervene to stop suicidal business strategies as the boards of directors of Bear Stearns … Continue reading

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Venture capital, short term, and India

From Wladawsky-Berger’s blog entry on Carlota Perez’s analysis in 2005: She mentions three particular structural tensions that we need still to work out in order to move on: investments continue to be focused on short-term gain, not on long-term production … Continue reading

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Venture Capital falls off the cliff

Through all the bumps and strains in the broader economy, venture outlays kept up an almost eerily steady pace over the previous 21 months, ranging between $7.3 billion and $8 billion each quarter, from the start of 2007 to the … Continue reading

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