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authors@mit presents
Richard Lester 
speaking about his new book 
The Productive Edge: How U.S.Industries are Pointing the Way to a New Era
of Economic Growth

"If you want to understand the fundamentals of America�s economic and
competitive status, where it�s been, and where it could (and should be)
headed, this book is required reading. Lester has written a stunningly
readable book, the single best source I know of about the issues and
dilemmas facing U. S. industry as it approaches the millennium." �Warren
Bennis, author of Organizing Business

"A nation�s standard of living depends mainly on its own productivity.
Richard Lester takes a fresh and penetrating look at how some American
firms have turned themselves into highly productive competitors. There are
vital lessons here for everyone."�Robert Solow. Institute  Professor,
Nobel laureate in Economics 1987

Richard Lester is Director of the MIT Industrial Performance Center and
author of The Productive Edge: How U.S.Industries are Pointing the Way to
a New Era of Economic Growth, just published by W. W. Norton. He is
coauthor of the bestseller Made in America (MIT Press & Harper) and
coeditor with Suzanne Berger of Made in Hong Kong (Oxford). 

He will be introduced by Suzanne Berger.

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MIT celebrates Richard Feynman (class of 1939)
A special event to coincide with publication of the Nobel prize winning
physicist's posthumous book, 
The Meaning of it All: Thoughts of A Citizen-Scientist.
Wednesday, May 6 7:30 Wong Auditorium 
Stay tuned for more details!

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