The author explores how short-term thinking and focus on stock prices have changed U.S. companies from research giants to bottom-line thinkers.
Elenoa Fuka
An inside look at how Bill and Karen Ackman’s Pershing Square Foundation values, and funds, the creative serendipity of discovery science.
The reasons for doing basic research go well beyond the creation of new applications and technologies.
The annual Chronicle of Philanthropy’s list of the biggest donors is filled with support for basic scientific research. Philanthropists are focusing on work that is risky, challenging, and uncertain.