Ecosystems - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Aug 2018
News

The energy industry’s cooperative approach to expanding the talent pipeline

The Center for Energy Workforce Development was created in 2006 to help the industry prepare for a generational wave of retirements and to diversify its workforce. Utilities are the proverbial canary in the coalmine, as U.S. organizations across the board struggle with... View Details

08 May 2019
Podcast

Prediction: How AI will affect business, work, and life

How should we think about improvements in artificial intelligence? Bill speaks with Joshua Gans, co-author of "Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence," which argues that AI advances can be boiled down to making better predictions. As a... View Details

19 Feb 2019
Podcast

Uncertain times for global talent: News Corp's global mobility director on Brexit and U.S. policy changes

The recent wave of geopolitical events, including Brexit and changes in U.S. policies, are creating uncertainties for firms that must manage global talent. Rina Montalvo, News Corporation’s Director of Global Mobility, has an inside look at the impacts. How are these... View Details

18 Dec 2018
Podcast

Passion, purpose, and plan: Guiding students toward success at work

The largest charter school network in the US, KIPP, is preparing young people, K–12, to lead what CEO Richard Barth calls “choice-filled lives.” This starts with teaching both academic skills and “soft skills” that are crucial for success at work and continues with... View Details

03 Jun 2018
Podcast

Ep 3: What really worries the AFL-CIO about the future of work?

Damon Silvers, the Policy Director and Special Counsel at the AFL-CIO believes that with the Supreme Court slated to rule on Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees in June-July 2018, financial stability—not technology—is the biggest... View Details

28 Oct 2020
Podcast

Glint-LinkedIn: Worker sentiment informs management

Polling fatigue is normal in the runup to a presidential election. Employers are finding ways to tap into worker sentiment less obtrusively. Glint-LinkedIn equips firms with survey tools and AI analytics to keep tabs on the collective mental state of their employees.... View Details

14 Oct 2020
Podcast

Chattanooga bridges the digital divide to make online learning more equitable

For some families online learning is a rocky road. For others it’s a dead end. To address the uneven distribution of digital infrastructure, public-private partnership EdConnect provides students in underserved areas with broadband. Tennessee’s Superintendent of the... View Details

07 Oct 2020
Podcast

How US community colleges can bolster the post-Covid recovery

The US is facing a tsunami of demand for skills training and job placement. Its 1,100 community and technical colleges offer the best institutional infrastructure and student support for the task, but key reforms are needed. So argues The Indispensable Institution:... View Details

09 Sep 2020
Podcast

MFW Dispatch: Jeff Ray

The pandemic has unsurprisingly produced a sustained surge in streaming video, with consumer and enterprise use doubling year-over-year during the second quarter of 2020. Viewing on mobile devices has skyrocketed. Brightcove’s software platform is a key component of... View Details

14 Mar 2019
News

How Boeing Should Have Responded to the 737 Max Safety Crisis

16 Sep 2020
Podcast

How Covid and BLM strengthen the case for shoring up historically Black colleges

Covid-19 and the Black Lives Matter movement have focused attention on disparities in economic opportunity between Black and white America. This has added urgency to efforts to bolster Black students' access to higher education. It's a pivotal moment for UNCF, founded... View Details

26 Nov 2019
News

Apple Has Survived Backlash to the Tech World While Amazon, Google, Facebook and Other Tech Giants Struggle — An Expert on Trust Explains Why

20 Aug 2024
Book

Why Competing With Tech Giants Requires Finding Your Own Edge

traditional businesses may struggle to adapt to the constantly changing nature of ecosystem strategies. In his book, Smart Rivals: How Innovative Companies Play Games That Tech Giants Can't Win, Feng Zhu provides principles to help... View Details

Keywords: by Feng Zhu; Technology; Information Technology

08 Feb 2016
News

Why TPP isn’t the real problem for American jobs

01 Dec 2019
News

Case Study: Farming It Out

to make a concrete recommendation about where to draw the line between the closed and the open parts of an ecosystem like this one, but fundamentally, it is not an either-or proposition. Management should set smart criteria for... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Agriculture

15 Apr 2020
News

Bringing Manufacturing Back to the U.S. Is Easier Said Than Done

Web

Global Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog

media and in the classroom. Global Entrepreneurship develops strategies for entrepreneurs and investors in these emerging ecosystems around the globe. The course will have cases from 26 different countries on every continent. The course... View Details

01 Jun 2018
News

Up by the Roots

to realize its potential as a fintech hub is a blueprint—offering concrete lessons about how cities can build their own entrepreneurial ecosystem from scratch. On paper, New York City should have dominated fintech from day one. It has a... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Dan Page

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