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The Clearest Trend in the American Workforce Is Not an Encouraging One
It’s been a while since I posted data on US employment trends, so here’s a chart created with FRED’s snazzy new graphing interface. It shows the employment rate (in other words, 100 – the standard...
View ArticleThe Glass Cage Match at the Boston Book Festival
This post first appeared in my blog, The Business Impact of IT, on October 20. The event was held on October 25, 2014. I’ve been involved with the Boston Book Festival since Deborah Porter founded it...
View ArticleAndrew McAfee at the 2015 World Economic Forum
Andrew McAfee, co-director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy (IDE), participated in several prestigious events this month where he had to opportunity to speak about the economics of...
View ArticleLondon to Host MIT’s Digital Economy Experts on 10 April
There are still a few spots left to hear MIT IDE co-directors and authors of The Second Machine Age, Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee, discuss new research on the digital economy. This event will be...
View ArticleMIT IDE Researchers in the News
IDE subject matter experts continue to be featured in journal articles in the press worldwide. Below are some recent citations that will keep you up-to-date on our ongoing research efforts. Stories...
View ArticleCIO Symposium Panels To Probe Big Data, Automation, Leadership Challenges
This year’s annual CIO Symposium isn’t just for CIOs, of course. The May 20 event, held on the MIT campus in Cambridge, MA., may be aimed at business and IT executives, but the lineup promises to be...
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Digital Business Models Take Shape Across--and Among--Industries
What do McCormick & Co., CVS Caremark and Schindler Group have in common? If you guessed revamping the business with digital technologies, you’re on your way to understanding the unruly digital...
View ArticleFive Nobel Winners Support IDE Call to Action on the Digital Economy
Some 700 economists, IT executives, academics and business leaders have signed an Open Letter on the Digital Economy, originated by IDE co-directors and Second Machine Age authors, Erik Brynjolfsson...
View ArticleIDE Highlights: 2015 and Beyond
It’s been a jam-packed and energizing year here at the MIT IDE, and we’re looking forward to an even busier 2016 with new books, events, competitions, programs and ideas from our world-renowned digital...
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The Transformation of Work in an On-demand Economy
Rapid changes in technology are significantly affecting the types of work we do and the very basics of how work is organized. Increasingly, platforms are a common denominator – whether they are...
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Exploring the Uncharted Territory of the On-Demand Economy
More and more tech startups are pitching business plans to become “the Uber of [fill-in –the-blank]”—with hopes to be the next billion-dollar Unicorn in the on-demand economy. The surge of Uber,...
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How Will an On-Demand Economy Work?
This blog first appeared on the MIT Sloan School Management site Mar. 17, here. It’s time for a new social contract, one built for a time when Americans hold down more than one job, often as...
View ArticleCIO Leadership Award Names Final Four
Update: David Neitz was named the award winner. In today’s IT-driven economy, it’s a given that CIOs must use technology to lead the business forward to the next level. The four finalists for the 2016...
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Engineering a Disruptive IT Mindset at CDM Smith
It’s difficult enough to connect thousands of office workers, even with leading-edge technologies; it’s quite another challenge, however, when workers may be on a construction site or at a utility...
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Human-machine Interaction Continues to Provoke Debate
Discussions continue unabated about the role of humans and machines in the economy -- today and in the future. Andrew McAfee, co-director of the MIT IDE recently appeared on two TV broadcasts to offer...
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