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The Global Nature Of Corporate Venturing

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Global venturing. This notion that corporate venturing allows firms to glimpse the future probably doesn’t apply to activity in, for instance, China, where startups are seldom a source of novel technology but can nonetheless achieve dramatic demand growth. Standing on shoulders.

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Why Is Technology Not Producing Productivity Improvements?

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His comment reflected frustration that despite the considerable hype around the digital technologies of the day, productivity stats were barely moving. It was widely believed that this was largely a case of organizations attempting to introduce new technologies to processes that were designed very much with the old ways of working in mind.

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How Developing Countries Can Benefit From Green Technologies

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The production of goods and services with smaller carbon footprints, also known as green technologies, is on the rise and presents numerous economic opportunities. “We are at the beginning of a technological revolution based on green technologies,” the authors explain.

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Tech Transfer Needed If Climate Targets Are To Be Met

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A recent paper from Tsinghua University highlights this divide and argues that there needs to be significant movement in terms of technology transfer between rich and poor countries if global climate targets are to be met. of national GDP. “Global carbon space for limiting 1.5°C

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The Factors That Influence Acceptance Of AI In Hospitality

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However, the extent to which hotel guests embrace AI technology has remained an elusive query, until now. A recent study conducted by the University of Houston sheds light on the degree of acceptance among hotel guests regarding AI technology. increase, collectively representing 70% of the total global impact.

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Is The Period Of Global Economic Growth At An End?

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While there have been undoubted ebbs and flows, the last century has seen growth in GDP like never before. A paper from the UC Santa Barbara argues that this growth is due to a combination of the technologies of the Industrial Revolutions and the various economic and political freedoms we have enjoyed as democracy has spread.

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Employee Reskilling Is The Answer to the Talent Shortages At Work

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While keeping up with changing times has always been a necessary consideration regardless of the industry, the rapid upsurge of technology recently has really highlighted the need for reskilling programs in order to understand how to do a job you might have been doing for years already, albeit in much more complex ways now.

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