Size matters
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Four days before 9/11, Jeff Immelt took the wheel of the global empire of media properties, financial services, consumer electronics and jet engines collectively known as General Electric. Immelt feels that GE could take a $10 million idea and turn it into a billion-dollar business better and faster than anybody in the world.
Publication Name: Wired
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1059-1028
Year: 2004
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Darpa's gambling man
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An idea proposed by economist Robin Hanson, working with the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), has to do with using market forces to assess the likelihood of terrorism or other threats.
Publication Name: Wired
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1059-1028
Year: 2003
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His space
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With News Corp.'s acquisition of MySpace, a free social network, Chief Rupert Murdoch's plans for turning MySpace into a marketing force are presented.
Publication Name: Wired
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1059-1028
Year: 2006
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