An accomplished expert on high technology and venture capital businesses, Dr. Unger has founded and participated in numerous companies, including Kurzweil Computer Products, Inc., which became Xerox Imaging Systems. He is a member of Boston University\u2019s Faculty of Photonics, and cofounder and chair emeritus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Enterprise Forum. Unger served in President Carter\u2019s administration as senior advisor on science and technology, and is the recipient of the Vincent A. Fulmer Lifetime Achievement Award at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.<\/p>\n
Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n Cohen, N., O. Okoro, D. Earle, P. Salkind, B. Unger, S. Yen, D. McHugh, S. Polterzycki, and A. Shelman-Cohen. \u201cFractal-Based Wideband Invisibility Cloak.\u201d Article accepted by Fractals<\/em> (in press, 2013).<\/em><\/p>\n <\/em>\u201cChallenges in Research on the Business Usage of Mobile and Social Media Initiatives.\u201d Journal of <\/i>Research in <\/i>Interactive Marketing <\/i>6, no. 3 (Emerald Group Publishing, 2012): 162-163. ISSN 2040-7122.<\/p>\n \u201cBuilding on the Taiwanese Smile Curve: Toward an Expanded Taxonomy For Sources Of Competitive Value In Products And Services.\u201d Advances in Global Management Development<\/em>, edited by E. Kaynak and T.D. Harcar, vol. XX (2011): 367\u201370.<\/p>\n \u201cA Late-Night Conversation with the President of Georgia.\u201d International Management Development Association Newsletter <\/em>5, no. 1, edited by G. Guner (2010).<\/p>\n Unger, B., Greiman, V.A., and Leybourne, S.A. \u201cA Study of Post Investment Monitoring Practices in Life Science Venture Firms.\u201d Journal of Transnational Management<\/em> 15: 3\u201325 (2010).<\/p>\n Unger, B., Greiman, V.A., and Leybourne, S.A. \u201cPost Investment Monitoring of Portfolio Companies by Life Science Venture Capital Firms and a Comparison to Project Management Issues,\u201d edited by Kaynak and Harcar. Advances in Global Management Development <\/em>XVIII: 518\u2013530 (2009).<\/p>\n Presentations\/Lectures<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cEarly Research Findings on Trends in Taiwanese Innovation Strategies.\u201d Invited Presentation as a Taiwan Ministry of Education National Studies Scholar, National Taipei University, School of Management, New Taipei City, Taiwan, November 2011.<\/p>\n \u201cExperiences in Introducing Case-Based Online Instruction.\u201d Faculty Colloquium, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Mass., May 5, 2010. Co-presented with Leybourne, S. A.<\/p>\n \u201cIntroducing the Socratic Method in \u2018Online\u2019 Instruction: a Case-Based Course in the Management of Innovation, Working.\u201d Instructional Innovation Conference, Boston University Center for Excellence & Innovation in Teaching, Boston, Mass., March 26, 2010. Co-presented with Becker, K., Hufsmith, S. C., and Leybourne, S. A.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Business Side of Photonics: Light Emitting Diodes and Their Rapidly Evolving Markets.\u201d Photonics Research Forum, Boston University Photonics Center, February 24, 2010.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"author":16254,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/2999"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16254"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/2999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65466,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/2999\/revisions\/65466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}