What do Boston thought leaders believe are the keystones to future business growth? Long-term focus on education, shareholder relations, and application of disruptive sciences to their companies. GE Director Dr. Susan Hockfield, Dr. Tom Kennedy (CEO of Raytheon), and Dick … Continue reading
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The SEC Rule requiring disclosure of the ratio of the compensation of the CEO to the median salary paid the company’s other employees was slow in coming; the law demanding such a Rule was a Congressional response to public pressure … Continue reading
Where is health care going in the United States? Well, no big surprises: it is costing more, is on an upwards cost trend given demographics (e.g. we are getting older as a population), and it is harder to get reimbursement. … Continue reading
At the December 9 symposium on FDA issues for medical device companies sponsored in Waltham by MassMEDIC (the association of device manufacturers), legislation passed by the House of Representatives that would greatly assist the industry was outlined, for the benefit … Continue reading
In my immediately prior post discussing a presentation by Suzanne Schwartz of FDA relative to cyber security in medical devices, I noted that the FDA had proposed regulatory actions during the next twelve months. Hopefully by the end of calendar … Continue reading
The biggest problem in combating medical device cyber-attacks is not technological, it is the secretive reaction of med device companies when confronted with evidence that their devices can be hacked, leading to a refusal to disclose any information about the … Continue reading
CEOs of major New England-based companies are worried this year about a reasonably predictable list of immediate problems which impact the local and world economies: Chinese slowdown, the European refugee crisis, lack of domestic liquidity driven by requiring concentration of … Continue reading
Why do Republican SEC commissioners continue to criticize last week’s formal regulation requiring disclosure of ratio of CEO comp to median employee comp? The regulation, long overdue, is mandatory under a Federal statute (Dodd-Frank) and is no doubt watered down … Continue reading
Now I never post about the Patriots. I do not much like the Pats, though I root for them I confess. I do not much like football either; a brutal game embedded in the American ethos (and financial world) in … Continue reading
Future manufacturing and construction jobs in the United States should not be viewed as blue collar jobs but rather as white collar jobs. The September 18th panel convened by the National Association of Corporate Directors/New England (consisting of GE Chairman … Continue reading