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Will The Future Of Work Require More Investment In Technology, Not Less?

The Horizons Tracker

In 2018 MIT created a ‘Task Force on the Work of the Future’ to explore the way technologies are impacting the world of work, and how society can adapt to ensure that prosperity is broadly shared throughout. At MIT, we are inspired by the idea that technology can be a force for good. A polarized workforce.

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Morning Advantage: The Most Important Stories of 2013

Harvard Business Review

And the bottom dropped out of the Indian outsourcing industry, which contracted as much as 80% while the Indian firm Aegis outsourced its call center — to Dallas. All of which points to a 2013 that looks nothing like 2012. How Google Plans to Find the UnGoogleable (Technology Review). On Facebook, Too.

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Robots Are Starting to Make Offshoring Less Attractive

Harvard Business Review

The former states that digital technology and robotics are advancing at such a pace that: “Professions of all kinds — from lawyers to truck drivers — will be forever upended. The more processes can be automated, the less it makes sense to outsource activities to countries where labor is less expensive. Technology'

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Stress Test Your Company’s Competitive Edge with These 4 Questions

Harvard Business Review

Technological developments are often interesting to discuss in relation to relevance. A current example of uncertainty around relevance concerns blockchain , i.e. the technology behind virtual currencies such as bitcoin. In other words, the technology can make brokers and bankers irrelevant. Competition for dependence.

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We Should Want Robots to Take Some Jobs

Harvard Business Review

The dominant dismal view is that rapid technological innovation has been gobbling up jobs faster than it is creating them. Technological change is causally connected to the stagnation of median income and the growth of inequality in the United States. Why do I subscribe to Nordfors’ and Kauffman’s visions?

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A Visa for Transformation

Harvard Business Review

Just as America''s visa rules enabled the rapid growth of India''s information-technology companies over the last two decades, the Obama Administration''s recent drive to reform immigration regulations could prove to be a turning point for them. In the same way, India''s information technology giants must bite the bullet today.

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Four Lean Advertising Campaigns That Went Viral

Harvard Business Review

In my research, I use eye-tracking technology, facial-expression analysis, and lab experiments to better understand why people choose to view online videos, what narrative techniques keep them watching, and what features prompt them to share videos with friends. The ways of doing this are via a DIY approach or an outsourcing approach.