The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 6, 2023

This isn’t a problem just at holiday time, of course, as digital technology allows work to creep into our personal lives all year round. For instance, participants were asked to rate how often they used their mobile devices for work outside of office hours, and also what they used them for.

Social Capital 123

Social Capital Participative Motivation Productivity 123

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

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. While there have been undoubted ebbs and flows, the last century has seen growth in GDP like never before.

Globalization 104

Globalization GDP Long-term Social Capital 104

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Political economist Francis Fukuyama predicted a future when social capital would be as important as physical capital, and that only those societies with a high degree of social trust would be able to create large-scale organizations capable of competing in the new economy. Is blockchain appropriate?

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Content Power Transportation 8