MIT INITIATIVE EXPLORES IMPACT OF EMERGING DIGITAL ECONOMY
MIT has launched the new “Initiative for the Digital Economy” to address the impact of existing and emerging digital technologies. The initiative’s three primary objectives are to analyze the potential of digital technologies to change businesses, the economy, and society; to engage students and faculty in programs related to the digital revolution; and to make practical recommendations to industry leaders and policymakers regarding the digital economy.
“The physical and the digital now blend into each other over porous boundaries, as people, institutions and things are all becoming interconnected. A 21st century digital economy is indeed now emerging in this hyperconnected, inclusive, and increasingly smart world,” writes guest contributor Irving Wladawsky-Berger for the Wall Street Journal.
...this Initiative has three main goals:
1. To rigorously analyze the potential of digital technologies to transform businesses, the economy, and society;
2. To engage students and faculty in educational programs relevant to the digital revolution, keeping MIT Sloan at the forefront of management education;
3. To make grounded recommendations to industry leaders and policymakers about the digital economy and job growth.
Read the full press release here: http://digital.mit.edu/ide/initiative/init.v2.pdf
Read the WSJ article here: http://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2013/02/02/the-economy-may-face-technological-unemployment/