Categoria: innovation
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Why the innovation isn’t helping the economic growth?
NEW YORK (Project Syndicate) — Since the global financial crisis erupted in 2008, productivity growth in the advanced economies — the U.S., Europe, and Japan — has been very slow both in absolute terms and relative to previous decades. But this is at odds with the view, prevailing in Silicon Valley and other global technology…
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Walmart Lessons from the two giants of American retailing
FOR decades a titan has towered over America’s shopping landscape. Walmart is not just the world’s biggest retailer but the biggest private employer and, by sales, the biggest company. Last year its tills rang up takings of $482 billion, about twice Apple’s revenue. But now the beast of Bentonville must cope with an unfamiliar sensation.…