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Economic Growth Isn’t Over, but It Doesn’t Create Jobs Like It Used To

Harvard Business Review

Gordon, an economist at Northwestern University, has recently published an important new book, The Rise and Fall of American Growth , which argues that the U.S. However, I think it’s clear that innovation since then has continued (and even accelerated) but has focused largely on information and communication technology.

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From Zipcar to the Sharing Economy

Harvard Business Review

True, they pioneered the creative use of technology to open up flexible new ways of renting a car. Accompanying these peer economy companies are others (like Zipcar) which simply leverage technology and lower transaction costs to make flexible renting a viable alternative to asset acquisition.

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Escape the Moore's-Law Traffic Jam

Harvard Business Review

When Gordon Moore, the cofounder of Intel, asserted nearly 50 years ago that the number of transistors on integrated circuits would double roughly every two years, he was charting a path for the company that would dominate the industry — and dictate the direction of technology — for decades. It's anybody's race to win.

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Build STEM Skills, but Don’t Neglect the Humanities

Harvard Business Review

Who doesn’t stand in awe of the advances that science and its STEM siblings (technology, engineering, and math) have created to better our world? But since the time of Aristotle, it has also been recognized that the hard sciences and the humanities must walk side by side in governing human action.

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The Internet of Things Is More than Just a Bunch of Refrigerators

Harvard Business Review

We’ve been tracking Internet of Things things for some time now, in large part through the thoughtful commentary of Gordon Hui. And we begin with a case study of a mining company that’s using IoT technology to connect machines — very big, very scary-looking machines — to make mining safer and more efficient.

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The H-1B Visa Debate, Explained

Harvard Business Review

These must qualify as “specialty occupations,” which typically require a bachelor’s degree (or the equivalent) and are found in fields such as science, engineering, information technology, medicine, and business. There is other evidence of a strong demand for workers with tech skills.