@article {354,
	title = {Editorial: Growing Business (June 2010)},
	journal = {Open Source Business Resource},
	year = {2010},
	month = {06/2010},
	publisher = {Talent First Network},
	type = {Editorial},
	address = {Ottawa},
	abstract = {Growth is important for any business, especially technology companies that operate in an environment of constant innovation, advancement, and evolving consumer needs. It is essential to maintain long term profitability, develop a brand, and attract new investment. But the path to successful growth is not obvious, and is filled with hurdles. Growth requires capital, making consistent revenue a necessity. But figuring out the smartest way to invest capital to promote growth can be a daunting task. Growth can also require some experimentation with different stategies, weathering the occasional failure along the way, in order to find one that is the right fit for the company. But where do you start?

Book stores have hundreds of books on business growth, with many promising a surefire strategy for success. But the reality is that there is no single growth formula that works for all businesses. Entrepreneurs must understand what drives their business--something that might be very different from other, similar businesses--and leverage this knowledge in order to grow. Growth requires focus, and energy must be directed on one particular aspect at a time, such as revenue growth, market growth, product line growth, or even shareholder growth. Trying to extend in all directions at once is a sure path to failure. Disciplined, incremental, consistent growth is the formula for success, no matter how that success is defined by the business.},
	issn = {1913-6102},
	url = {http://timreview.ca/article/354},
	author = {Dru Lavigne and Mekki MacAulay}
}
@article {368,
	title = {Editorial: Interdisciplinary Lessons (August 2010)},
	journal = {Open Source Business Resource},
	year = {2010},
	month = {08/2010},
	publisher = {Talent First Network},
	type = {Editorial},
	address = {Ottawa},
	abstract = {Some believe that great advances, discoveries, and innovation result from concentrated efforts within distinct fields. However, progress using this traditional practice has been slowing for some time. The next great discoveries are unlikely to come from further refinements in highly-specialized fields working in isolation. Rather, they will come from creative collaboration between practitioners and researchers from two or more distinct fields, combining their knowledge, theoretical principles, and methodologies in ways never before considered.

This issue analyzes lessons from other disciplines to provide a new perspective on the challenges faced by open source communities, practitioners, entrepreneurs, and other participants. The goal is to extract and apply the collective wisdom of a diverse group of authors to help solve relevant problems. The first two articles in this issue provide specific interdisciplinary lessons from diverse fields that are relevant to open source communities. The remaining articles describe projects in which platforms are being developed to promote, encourage, and analyze interdisciplinary work.},
	issn = {1913-6102},
	url = {http://timreview.ca/article/368},
	author = {Chris McPhee and Mekki MacAulay}
}
