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Research Highlights The Innovative Potential Of Immigrants

The Horizons Tracker

Diverse impact The study’s findings were notable, indicating that immigrants generate patents across diverse sectors such as electronics, computers, medicine, and chemicals. This gap persisted even after the researchers took several factors into account, including the productivity of the deceased inventor.

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Bots Won’t Just Help Us Buy Stuff. They’ll Help Us Become Better Versions of Ourselves

Harvard Business Review

Companies such as Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Netflix, with their digital sophistication, bona fide algorithmic innovation, and commitment to human capital development, seem positioned to lead selvesware revolutions. The technical ingredients needed to create custom multiple selves largely already exist.

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There’s No Good Alternative to Investing in R&D

Harvard Business Review

Sarah Williamson is the CEO of FCLTGlobal (formerly Focusing Capital on the Long Term), an organization cofounded in 2016 by BlackRock, CPPIB, Dow Chemical, McKinsey, and Tata Sons to encourage a longer-term focus in business and investment decision making.