These questions are of course at the cutting edge of technology and corporate responsibility.
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Marconi was moving heavily into broadband communications equipment and optical switches at the cutting edge of technology.
He was saying both of them represented the cutting edge of technology that evolved to meet consumer need.
This posture keeps the company on the cutting edge of technology and builds its brand image while limiting investment risk.
Companies on the cutting edge of technology almost never pay dividends, which is why the market booed Microsoft's nod toward them.
"Although modest in size, this telescope is on the cutting edge of technology, " said Dr Nick Kaiser, head of the Pan-STARRS project.
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And do we have the right alliances with research places like universities to make sure that we're at the cutting edge of technology?
Yet, PR firms offer among the best places to work for those searching for creative, collaborative work environments on the cutting edge of technology and trends.
Creating a digital guide to the world's highways and street addresses may be the cutting edge of technology, but it is also just long hours on the road.
With the funding President Obama and Congress have provided, we are focused on bringing space launches back to the U.S., in-sourcing American jobs and keeping the nation on the cutting edge of technology development and innovation.
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"Leaf is on a mission to turn standard point of sale into point of smart interactions for small businesses, so it's important that we stay on the cutting edge of technology, " said Aron Schwarzkopf, CEO of Leaf.
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Every new launch offers users new capabilities, causing the most loyal of fans to rush out and replace their, now old, technology with the latest offering, so they can remain on the cutting edge of technology with the latest and greatest Apple gadget.
Societies were open to invention precisely because rulers wanted to be on the cutting edge of military technology.
The Republic of Korea is on the cutting edge of digital technology.
"When you look at artists over time, they are routinely at the cutting edge of using technology as it comes out, " says Mr Galbraith.
The recent tests were done with devices involving "pure fission, " "boosted fission" and "thermonuclear" (implying a hydrogen bomb) processes, which are on the cutting edge of nuclear technology.
The Raspberry Pi - "a great example of the cutting edge of education technology happening right here in the UK", according to Michael Gove - is going into production right now.
Even when it first appeared, the brightly colored angular landscapes looked a bit dated and the bulky headsets looked more like a hood dryer at a hairdressing salon than a cutting edge piece of technology.
But those same subtleties and nuances often elude federal policymakers and contracting officers, so it is quite possible for arrivistes to kluge together off-the-shelf technologies and barge in on competitions like the Army countermeasures program sounding like they are on the cutting edge of military technology.
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The primary reason the United States led in aerospace, communications technology, information technology, computing and the major new energy technologies of the later 20th century (gas turbines, nuclear, wind and solar power) is because the U.S. government made a series of smart investments on the cutting edge of each of these technology fields to catalyze entrepreneurship and innovation.
Clearly, the idea was for the acknowledged cutting-edge technology of Volt to provide a halo to the rest of the Chevy lineup.
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In 2005, that was basically the cutting edge of domestically offered technology.
We are at the cutting edge of the information technology boom.
As a matter of fact, this project was really not a demonstration of the cutting-edge technology we have developed, but rather a true demonstration of what the blind can achieve with just a little bit of help from technology.
Used by the most demanding professional gamers who compete in global tournaments, Razer provides gamers with the unfair advantage of cutting-edge technology and award-winning design.
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Uniquely qualified on cutting-edge issues of science and technology, Mr Gore chose to write a courageous book on the dangers of catastrophic climate change and other threats to the habitability of our planet.
What is needed instead, he argues, is a workable timetable under which America agrees to rethink restrictions on sophisticated exports to China, and Beijing reduces tariffs to encourage the import of cutting-edge green technology.
And America far outpaces the rest of the world in adoption of cutting-edge wireless broadband technology.
However if you're willing to do the research and maybe spend a little extra, you can enjoy the benefits of the most cutting edge technology without having to make compromises.
Making sure that government agencies have cutting-edge technology would be one part of the technology czar's responsibilities.
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