The Big Data Boom Is the Innovation Story of Our Time
For centuries, breakthroughs in innovation rely on breakthroughs in collecting and measuring data. That should make us optimistic. More »
Erik Brynjolfsson is the chair of the MIT Sloan Management Review, where Andrew McAfee is a principal research scientist. They are the co-authors of the new book Race Against the Machine. More
Andrew McAfee, a principal research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), studies the ways that information technology (IT) affects businesses. He coined the phrase 'Enterprise 2.0'; his book on the topic was published in 2009 by Harvard Business School Press. He has also held appointments as a professor at Harvard Business School and a fellow at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society.
Erik Brynjolfsson is the director of the MIT Center for Digital Business, the Schussel Family Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and chair of the MIT Sloan Management Review. His research examines the effects of information technologies on business strategy, productivity, Internet commerce, pricing models, and intangible assets. Brynjolfsson is coauthor of Wired for Innovation: How IT is Reshaping the Economy (MIT Press, September 2009).
For centuries, breakthroughs in innovation rely on breakthroughs in collecting and measuring data. That should make us optimistic. More »
In the 21st century war of man vs. machine in the workplace, what if man isn't supposed to win? More »
If the tech revolution continues to enrich the superstars and depress the bottom half, both parties might ultimately find themselves working less, leading to a smaller economy More »
In jobs from the retail floor to the developers' office, workers are losing the race against machines. Who can still compete against androids -- and for how long? More »
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