These considerable data repositories are conducive for cross-fertilization and until now have been mostly untapped.

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This concept of open dialogue and idea cross-fertilization is extremely relevant and important in a social innovation context.

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The defense acquisition system thus diminishes economies of scale and isolates military products from the mainstream of industrial innovation, largely precluding cross-fertilization between the defense and commercial sectors.

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All the cross-fertilization is exciting to some.

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All this activity is keeping old people young, and encouraging the cultural growth that comes from cross-generational fertilization.

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