The Batten Institute honors the legacy of Frank Batten, Sr., who will be remembered for his extraordinary generosity, his abiding commitment to education, and his unparalleled entrepreneurial energy and vision. Mr. Batten, a media pioneer and philanthropist, died September 10, 2009, in Norfolk, Virginia. FULL ARTICLE
You can invest in a company that sells a promising new technology. Why can't you invest in the future of the person who created it? Darden professor Saras Sarasvathy has been exploring the theory and practice of applying market principles to social causes. FULL ARTICLE
Service providers looking for better ways to meet customers' needs might consider serving more than one customer at a time. Darden's Kamalini Ramdas is helping to design a cardiac care clinic that will offer a new model for group service delivery. FULL ARTICLE
What is the role of entrepreneurship and innovation in business and society? Leading scholars from Darden will share insights on this subject with alumni and other professionals in the 2009–2010 Ideas to Action Speakers Forum. Speakers will include Greg Fairchild, Ed Hess, Michael Lenox, and Jeanne Liedtka. FULL ARTICLE
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Elizabeth Teisberg's groundbreaking research on innovation in the health care sector has helped shape the U.S. debate. Instead of just cutting costs, she argues, we must create value for all participants in the system. More Information
2009 Batten Institute Annual Report (November 2009)
Batten Fellow John May Featured in Inc Magazine Elevator Pitch (October 1, 2009)
Why Health Reform Will Be a Danger to Passive Patients, E. Teisberg quoted by U.S. News and World Report (November 9, 2009)
VIDEO: Teisberg interviewed about heath care reform (October 21, 2009)
Prof. Liedtka discusses the "business of design" in New York (October 20, 2009)
Fortune & CNNMoney.com praise Batten Institute as world-class entrepreneurship center (October 2009)
Darden Professor and Author Jeanne Liedtka on "The Catalyst" (October 6, 2009)
Lenox discusses "green technology" for Academical Village Speaker Series (October 5, 2009)
Lenox and Fairchild to be honored by Aspen Institute as Faculty Pioneers (September 16, 2009)
Batten Institute launches new research e-newsletter, Batten Bulletin (September 28, 2009)
Ideas to Action Speakers Tour, sponsored by Batten Institute, announced (September 28, 2009)
Batten Institute Research Paper Series introduced on SSRN (September 21, 2009)
Sarasvathy research on effectuation featured in Austrian Managers Association' magazine (September 15, 2009)
Frank Batten, Sr. remembered by Dean Bruner (September 10, 2009)