[Mitworld] New: Henderson on Open Networks, Chomsky on Iraq

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[STANDARDS AND STRATEGY: COMPETING IN INCREASINGLY OPEN WORLDS]

Rebecca Henderson takes on issues of competitiveness in increasingly
open and transparent networks. In order for a company to avoid "sudden
death" she suggests companies pay attention to the architecture of the
system, not just the products that will operate within the system.


Speaker:
	**Rebecca Henderson **
	Eastman Kodak LFM Professor,
	MIT Sloan School

PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/274/>

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[DISCOURSES ON IRAQ AND THE MIDDLE EAST]

In the final part of the series "The Politics of Reconstructing Iraq"
Noam Chomsky speaks out about the war, his beliefs about the U.S.'s true
intentions for the invasion, and his prescription for getting out of
Iraq sooner rather than later.


Speaker:
	**Noam Chomsky**
	Institute Professor;
	Professor of Linguistics

PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/272/>

EVENT HOST: Department of Urban Studies and Planning
<http://dusp.mit.edu/>

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