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How the U.S. Can Rebuild Its Capacity to Innovate

Harvard Business Review

From automotive to semiconductors to pharma to clean energy , America’s innovation centers have shifted east, offering growing evidence that the U.S. by looking back to the original offshoring frenzy which started with consumer electronics in the 1960s. firms have long had a simple mantra: “Invent here, manufacture there.”

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Prepare Your Workforce for the Automation Age

Harvard Business Review

As companies introduce software bots and digital self-service, and as they transform assembly lines, they must bring along their key employees, leaders, and customers as they redefine jobs, career paths, workforce management, and social contracts. So early preparation is needed. Lessons from automakers.

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An Agenda for the Future of Global Business

Harvard Business Review

Business leaders can take an active role in shaping the next phase of globalization by looking beyond cost-based offshoring and emphasizing the benefits of trade and technology across a wider geographic and demographic base. Essential background. “People Are Angry About Globalization. Here’s What to Do About It.”