[Mitworld] New: von Hippel on Innovation, A New Liberal Iraq

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DEMOCRATIZING INNOVATION

MIT Sloan professor Eric von Hippel makes the case for user driven
innovation, citing a wide range of examples from his new book
"Democratizing Innovation".

Speaker:
	Eric von Hippel
	 Professor of Management and Head of the
	 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group,
	 MIT Sloan School of Management

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CONSTRUCTING A NEW LIBERAL IRAQ

In part four of the series "The Politics of Reconstructing Iraq", Robert
Looney and John Tirman discuss the economic challenges facing Iraq and
the obstacles to forming a liberal market economy today.

Speakers:
	Robert E. Looney
		 Professor of National Security Affairs, and
		 Associate Chairman of Instruction,
		 Naval Postgraduate School
	John Tirman
		Executive Director, Center for International Studies,
		MIT

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