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How Can Innovation Be Better Disseminated?

The Horizons Tracker

In a recent article, I highlighted some of the challenges involved in translating investment in technology and innovation into productivity improvements across the economy. In an age of smartphones, AI, and genetics, it seems crazy to think that the record sums invested in technology aren’t making more of an impact. in 1992.

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How And When Automation May Affect Long-Haul Trucking

The Horizons Tracker

In Oxford’s Michael Osborne and Carl Benedikt Frey’s hugely influential 2013 paper looking at the likelihood of automation for various professions, truck driving was one of the professions that were projected to be automated in double-quick time. Our results suggest that the impacts of automation may not happen all at once.

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Culture Counts

Leading Blog

I was struck not only by their disciplined approach but also by their freedom to discover, develop and design within broad operating parameters—conditions I did not typically associate with large, for-profit corporations. Several years ago, I had the privilege of spending a summer at Abbott Laboratories in North Chicago as a PhRMA Fellow.

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How Serious Is Japan’s Labor Shortage?

HR Digest

Japan, known for its technological advancements and economic prowess, is facing a significant challenge – a labor shortage. One approach is reskilling, which involves providing training and development programs to equip older workers with the necessary skills for evolving job roles. What can Japan do to solve its labor crisis?

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The Surprising Power of Business Experiments

Skip Prichard

If you want to learn how to develop an experimentation organization, read on. For centuries, we’ve built and organized scientific and technological knowledge through testable explanations and predictions. Consider Kohl’s, the large retailer, which in 2013 was looking for ways to decrease its operating costs. Daniel Kahneman.

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It’s Time to Tie Executive Compensation to Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

Meanwhile, new technologies are making it easier for sustainability investments to pay off in the middle to long term. Many of them responded by including quality metrics in their compensation incentives. Coca-Cola devotes many resources to creating cleaner water supplies in developing countries.

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The First Step to Fixing U.S. Manufacturing

Harvard Business Review

In fact, MGI analysis of financial data shows that large publicly traded US manufacturing firms, most of them multinationals with revenues greater than $500 million, averaged returns on invested capital of 22% from 1997 to 2013. Policy can help through measures like capital access programs, business accelerators, or tax incentives.