You will not "recreate" it, as everything now is short term shareholder profit/dividend driven. As others and the article notes, they held the long view on innovation.
We could really use a large number of bell labs today. It will not happen.
We could really use a large number of bell labs today. It will not happen.
Nvidia famously did not play the long game. Nor did Apple with their smartphone bet, or Amazon with their 10+ years of near zero profit margins while building a nationwide logistics network. Or Alphabet with their data centers, plowing billions into YouTube to give access to streaming HD video on demand around the world.
Apple did not spend 20+ years developing the smart phone thinking "I hope this research pays off". The same for the rest of your examples.
Bell Labs, OTOH, was literally like "go do fundamental telecom and computer research, and we will see if we can use it to get ahead".
Those are two different mindsets. Amazon had one goal so did Nvidia, Google, etc, with each venture you cited. Bell Labs was a _research park_ of exploration that we do not recreate today.
>as everything now is short term shareholder profit/dividend driven. As others and the article notes, they held the long view on innovation.
While things might not be as hunky dory as in the heyday of Bell Labs, I don’t think “everything” is accurately described as short term either.