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The idea factory : Bell Labs and the great age of American innovation / by Gertner, Jon.(CARDINAL)601862;
MARCIVE 6/1/12Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-412) and index.Introduction: Wicked problems -- Oil drops -- West to East -- System -- War -- Solid state -- House of magic -- The informationist -- Man and machines -- Formula -- Silicon -- Empire -- An instigator -- On Crawford Hill -- Futures, real and imagined -- Mistakes -- Competition -- Apart -- Afterlives -- Inheritance -- Echoes.This work highlights achievements of Bell Labs as a leading innovator, exploring the role of its highly educated employees in developing new technologies while considering the qualities of companies where innovation and development are most successful. The author how Bell Labs served as an incubator for scientific innovation from the 1920s through the 1980s. In its heyday, Bell Labs boasted nearly 15,000 employees, 1,200 of whom held PhDs and 13 of whom won Nobel Prizes. Thriving in a work environment that embraced new ideas, Bell Labs scientists introduced concepts that still propel many of today's most exciting technologies.
Subjects: Bell Telephone Laboratories; Telecommunication; Technological innovations; Creative ability; Inventors;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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How to kill a unicorn : how the world's hottest innovation factory builds bold ideas that make it to market / by Payne, Mark,author.(CARDINAL)681390;
Subjects: Creative ability in business.; New products; Marketing.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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100 Things You Can Make and Sell Without a Factory: Home-Based Business Ideas for DIY Makers, Creators & Side Hustlers / by Khadka, Aarav,author.;
100 Things You Can Make and Sell Without a Factory is your ultimate guide to launching profitable, small-scale products from the comfort of your home. Whether you're a stay-at-home parent, a weekend tinkerer, or a dreamer ready to escape the 9-5, this book shows you how to start smart, sell effectively, and thrive as a micro-entrepreneur. From handcrafted goods and simple gadgets to digital downloads and niche items, you'll discover a wide variety of ideas that match different skills, budgets, and passions
Subjects: Home-based businesses; New business enterprises; Small business marketing.; Success in business.; Home-based businesses.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Henley's formulas for home and workshop : containing ten thousand selected household, workshop, and scientific formulas, trade secrets, food and chemical recipes, processes, and money saving ideas : a valuable reference book for the home, the factory, the office, and the workshop / by Hiscox, Gardner Dexter,1823-1908.;
Subjects: Recipes.; Chemistry, Technical.;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7
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Henley's twentieth century formulas, recipes and processes; containing ten thousand selected household, workshop and scientific formulas, trade secrets, chemical recipes, processes and money saving ideas; a valuable reference book for the home, the factory, the office and the workshop / by Hiscox, Gardner Dexter,1823-1908,editor.(CARDINAL)146040;
"Partial list of authorities consulted": 4th prelim. leaf.
Subjects: Recipes.; Industrial arts.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Milton Hershey / by Sutcliffe, Jane.(CARDINAL)656921; Parlin, Tim,illustrator.(CARDINAL)687505;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 46-47) and index.Candy maker -- Try, try again -- Sweet success -- A factory in a cornfield -- Kitty's idea -- Timeline -- The Milton Hershey School.A biography of the successful chocolate maker who built a town around his factory with unique housing for his workers and a school for disadvantaged students.600LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; Hershey, Milton Snavely, 1857-1945; Hershey Foods Corporation; Businessmen; Businesspeople; Chocolate industry; Confectioners;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The checklist manifesto : how to get things right. by Gawande, Atul.(CARDINAL)662503;
The problem -- The checklist -- The master builder -- The idea -- The first try -- The checklist factory -- The test -- The hero in the age of checklists -- The save.Reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist now being used in medicine, aviation, the armed services, homeland security, investment banking, skyscraper construction, and businesses of all kinds.
Subjects: Medical care; Lists.; Medical care.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Henley's twentieth century book of formulas, processes, and trade secrets [microform] : a valuable reference book for the home, factory, office, laboratory, and the workshop, containing ten thousand selected household, workshop, and scientific formulas, trade secrets, chemical recipes, processes, and money saving ideas for both the amateur and professional worker / by Hiscox, Gardner Dexter,1823-1908,editor.(CARDINAL)146040; Sloane, T. O'Conor(Thomas O'Conor),1851-1940.(CARDINAL)180254;
Bibliography: 8th prelim. page.
Subjects: Recipes.; Industrial arts.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The checklist manifesto : how to get things right / by Gawande, Atul,author.(CARDINAL)662503;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-203).The problem of extreme complexity -- The checklist -- The end of the master builder -- The idea -- The first try -- The checklist factory -- The test -- The hero in the age of checklists -- The save.Reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist now being used in medicine, aviation, the armed services, homeland security, investment banking, skyscraper construction, and businesses of all kinds.
Subjects: Medical care; Lists.; Medical care.;
Available copies: 32 / Total copies: 38
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Adland : searching for the meaning of life on a branded planet / by Othmer, James P.;
It's hard to see the writing on the wall of a cubicle -- At large in Adland -- The merchants of what's next -- Afterword: Who do I think I am?A chronicle of the past, present, and future of advertising reveals significant transformations currently taking place in idea factories, introduces people dedicated to making advertising more effective, and offers insight into the ways in which ads reflect desired lifestyles.
Subjects: Advertising agencies.; Advertising.; Internet advertising.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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