“Traditional measures of innovation such as market success are significantly lagging indicators. We’re interested in measures that are timely, meaningful, and, most importantly, actionable.”
David Burrage, Motorola research portfolio and processes manager, in Business Week, 28 April 2006

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“We couldn’t afford to lose any more money on a program that appealed to a very small number of people. As great as it was, it would go about 100 miles and take about six to eight hours to charge.”
General Motors Spokesman Dave Barthmuss on the EV-1 in The New York [...]