The Surprising Midwestern Boom
After decades of decline, many rustbelt cities are making a big comeback. Where are the major opportunities? Where are...
Business Moves Beyond Economies of Sc...
At least since the beginning of the Steel Revolution in 1871, economies of scale have been crucial to success in the...
Embracing MOOCs Will Close the Skills...
Unemployment is at record lows, and skilled jobs are increasingly going unfilled. Bain & Company estimates that...
Machine Learning Impacts the 21st Cen...
Most experts argue that machine-learning will seriously impact jobs, productivity, and our quality of life over the...
Additive Manufacturing Goes Industrial
published on: Aug 15, 2017
A decade ago, additive manufacturing (or AM) began to appear in labs, workshops, and design studios, where flexibility, low turn-around times, and...
Corporations Prepare to Collect the Longevity...
published on: May 22, 2017
Over thirty years ago, the Trends editors began exploring and tracking the implications of a greater share of the public being older, healthier, and...
The Softer Side of the Skills Gap
published on: Apr 15, 2017
When we talk about the “skills gap,” we tend to focus on the glaring shortfall in STEM skills and in blue-collar trade skills. Yet, employers...
The Declining Cost of Distance
published on: Mar 15, 2017
For centuries, the cost of distance has determined where businesses produce and sell, where employers locate jobs and where families choose to live,...
American Prosperity and Full Employment
published on: Mar 15, 2017
With the headline unemployment rate below 5 percent, it’s often said that the U.S. economy is near “full employment” and a rapid, sustained...
How Commercial Drones Will Optimize the Suppl...
published on: Nov 15, 2016
Drone vehicles of all sorts are becoming cheaper, smarter, more powerful, and more reliable. When, where, and how will this technology enter the...
Competing on Customer Experience
published on: Nov 15, 2016
In a world where it’s more difficult to sustain a cost or product advantage, companies are increasingly focusing on the customer experience. What...
Additive Manufacturing’s Path from Gimmick to...
published on: Aug 1, 2016
Like almost every revolutionary technology, additive manufacturing is taking longer and creating less of an immediate impact than its proponents...
The Next Era of Spectacular Start-Ups
published on: Jul 15, 2016
Even as the broader economy has barely moved, a small set of startups relying on online marketplace business models has realized unprecedented...
Implications of Real-Time Businesses and the ...
published on: Jul 15, 2016
The world economy revolves around people having jobs and supporting their families. However, given the current pace of change, employees at all...
The Insidious Economic Drag of Crony Capitali...
published on: Jun 15, 2016
A significant institutional impediment to realizing the full benefits of the Fifth Techno-Economic Revolution’s growth is crony capitalism. What is...
Competing Via the Digital Supply Chain
published on: Apr 11, 2016
In recent decades, companies have looked to technology, lean manufacturing, and global production to increase efficiency and reduce costs. But these...
Infotech and the Twenty-First Century Workfor...
published on: Mar 16, 2016
As highlighted in prior issues, the embedded networked intelligence, smart machines, and robotics aimed at services as well as manufacturing will...
The Drone Revolution Is Coming
published on: Feb 17, 2016
A few years ago, drones, also known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), were thought of as exotic niche products for the military or toys aimed at...
The Return of Vertical Integration
published on: Jan 23, 2016
In recent decades, the trend has been toward vertical disintegration: Instead of trying to control all of the upstream and downstream activities in...
The American Manufacturing Renaissance Become...
published on: Dec 19, 2015
While many remain skeptical, the U.S. manufacturing sector has experienced a major turnaround since the financial crisis. What factors are driving...
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