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...valuable inputs in each other’s learning traces its origins, most influentially, back to John Dewey. Dewey, writing at the turn of the 19th century, argued that “apart from the thought of participation in social life, the school has no end or aim.” Furthermore, he wrote that the social context of an education should be evident in “both the methods and subject-matter of instruction,” that the two should be consistent and mutually reinforcing. This was as much a practical position as a philosophical one, deriving...
Glen Tullman didn't invent information technology, but he is one of those people who figured out early how to aim it with effect. Case in point: the 3 billion often illegibly marked paper prescriptions that Americans get from their doctors each year. Tullman, CEO of the electronic health records company Allscripts, would like to whittle that number to zero. Prescription errors, he points out, injure 1.5 million and kill 7,000 patients annually--and most mistakes could be avoided if scripts were written electronically. "Seven thousand deaths is the equivalent of one Boeing 737 crashing every week...
...across other AIM sectors, assessing overseas businesses from London can be like drilling for oil with a blindfold. That risk is particularly acute in emerging-markets companies. "The best way to test for integrity is to ask around," says Simon Cawkwell, an independent trader who's invested millions in AIM since its launch. But, he adds, "You can't ask around in China...
...Still, many AIM participants say only so much risk can be regulated out of the system. AIM is "still a stock picker's market," says Nick Bayley, head of trading services at the LSE. "This isn't a market for widows and orphans." Investors prepared to do their homework are bullish. "The prospects for AIM look as good or better than they've ever looked," says Patrick Evershed, a fund manager at New Star Asset Management in London. Vycon's Aoun encourages firms to consider AIM, but with a caveat. "This is no minor undertaking," he says. "Be ready...
Recognize the 5% rule. No matter how much you show, nobody who sees it is likely to remember more than 5% of what they saw. So when you buy something, aim for that 5%. Aim high...