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  • Babbage

    Computer history and architecture

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    Continuing Professional Faculty, UC Berkeley. Teach Strategy for the Networked Economy and Opportunity Recognition. Also: Clusters; Business in Japan; Strategy. Media in US and Japan, then wireless, then services, now teach/train/advise/research.

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