The GM shutdown in Lordstown, Ohio, underlines why we need a coordinated, national program to help communities disrupted by economic shifts More »
The immediate concern is another limited shutdown that would really hit commercial traffic between the two countries. With billions of dollars at stake, companies aren’t taking chances. Many trucks are rumbling through Otay about one-third full. Manufacturing managers aren’t waiting for them to be completely loaded, pushing goods out as quickly as possible. More »
Inside the massive factory where Tesla will soon make 60 percent of the world’s lithium-ion batteries More »
In 1980, corporate tax rates around the world averaged 46.63 percent and 38.84 percent when weighted by GDP. Since then countries have recognized the impact that corporate taxes have on business investment decisions so that in 2018, the average is now 26.47 percent and 23.03 when weighted by GDP for 208 separate tax jurisdictions.[ More »
As the flexible office industry sees explosive growth in New York and beyond, it’s increasingly ditching the freelancer market and targeting blue-chip clients at a rapid rate More »
Alongside educators, businesses need to build a pipeline from the classroom to the workplace so the skills taught today match the skills that’ll be in demand tomorrow. The key is for business leaders to understand how their organizations are going to change so they can proactively consider how to upskill their workforces accordingly. Envisioning this future state will soon be one of the most critical roles of the CEO. More »
The ways work is done is changing rapidly, as humans and technology are brought closer together. Because DC operations vary so much, no single innovation will dominate the entire industry. Instead, many emerging technologies will continue to offer different advantages. More »
Rapid technological change, combined with rising education costs, have made our traditional higher-education system an increasingly anachronistic and risky path. The cost of a college education is so high now that we have reached a tipping point at which the debt incurred often isn't outweighed by future earnings potential. More »
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The massive, 100-year-old industrial space in Sunset Park could have lured more tech start-ups, but instead its focus is on New Yorkers who make things. More »
Here are some incredible facts—and numbers—behind Amazon’s extensive and expanding logistics network. More »
A product largely of industrialization in the 18th and 19th centuries and, in some cases, stretching into the middle part of the 20th century, the company town began as a social experiment. Could a company, centered on a single industry such as mining, textiles, or steel, create and own a town where workers would live and work for many, many years—perhaps from cradle to grave? More »
