Corvallis-Benton County Economic Development Partnership (EDP) - Tech-Based

ONAMI

Tue, 3 May 2005 09:18:09 -0700

The Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute

ONAMI is an impressive collaboration between Oregon’s public research universities (Oregon State University, Portland State University, and the University of Oregon). The collaboration also includes the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington and the world-leading “Silicon Forest” high technology industry cluster of Oregon and southwest Washington.

Many collaborative projects and proposals among the three campuses are in progress and returning exceptional results. ONAMI partners are performing leadership research in several aspects of nanosciences, nanostructures, materials characterization, microfluidics, process intensification, and micorfabrication. This research is being applied to both short and long-term commercial opportunities ranging from computers and healthcare to energy systems and environmental remediation.

What makes Corvallis 16th on Harvard's Creativity Index?

Thu, 7 Apr 2005 16:35:15 -0700

One of the reasons Corvallis is a hotbed for innovation is because of the creative people who live and work in Corvallis. In addition to our two major sources of innovation, Hewlett Packard and Oregon State University, we have a wealth of small spinoffs, spinups and spinouts that have resulted in very flexible companies that create some of the brightest technology applications being commercialized anywhere.

Harvard's Creativity Index is based on two main criteria, 1) Economic Performance and 2) Innovation Output.

Corvallis Metropolitan Area
Economic Performance Indicators
(from Harvard School of Business)

Business Basics

Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:28:03 -0800

It is my belief that a company, no matter how big or small has three main elements. These are:
• Product
• Marketing
• Financial Management
If a company is able to achieve balance and perform in these three areas, they will be more readily able to reach their goals. I will probably spend some additional time writing on this subject in the future. As simple as it seems, with the barrage of information, tools and consultants available addressing every issue that arises for businesses of any size, this foundation seems to get lost.

Changes at HP

Wed, 16 Feb 2005 13:41:07 -0800

From the New York Times

Hewlett-Packard's Chief Forced Out, Ending Rocky Tenure
By GARY RIVLIN and MARK GLASSMAN

Published: February 9, 2005

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Feb. 9 - Carleton S. Fiorina, perhaps the most powerful woman in corporate America, resigned as the chief executive of the giant computer and printer maker Hewlett-Packard, the company announced today.

The company's board called for Ms. Fiorina's resignation on Tuesday after she and directors disagreed on how to carry out Hewlett's corporate strategy.

The resignation brings to a close a rocky tenure for Ms. Fiorina, who oversaw Hewlett's controversial acquisition of the Compaq Computer in 2002. Her charisma and aggressive, top-down leadership style made her a highly visible personality in the consumer electronics industry and the target of some criticism during her five-year stint with the company. Moreover, the Compaq deal failed to bring Hewlett the profits that Ms. Fiorina had forecast.