Ten-Year Forecast BRIC
feedThe future through the eyes of families in Brazil, Russia, India, and China
The goal of the Ten-Year Forecast BRIC program is help corporate strategists immerse themselves in the hopes and fears, struggles and innovations of people in four key emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, and China. Through this immersion, they will make better decisions about everything from new product development to workplace policies, from investment allocations to media strategies.
The 2008 deliverables include a BRIC Map of the Decade built from the photos and notebooks of over 40 families who told us what they thought about their future. We asked them about new material realities, new gender roles, changing institutions, new entrepreneurial opportunities, and new commons. The result is a tapestry of life in these emerging economies today--and of the hopes and fears of everyday people for the future.
Don't outsource, relocate
A wrinkle in the outsourcing trend: give laid-off workers the chance to relocate to new jobs in foreign countries, at local wages. From Information Week:
The climate is warm, there's no shortage of exotic food, and the cost of living is...
Social philanthropy or feel-good outsourcing?
The New York Times has a piece on Serebra Connect, a freelance computer work marketplace with a social philanthropy twist:
Buyers post a task and sellers bid to complete the job. It’s a similar model to the popular...
Chinese universities now top the NSF list of institutions sending students to American graduate schools
For decades, American graduate schools have attracted students from all over the world. Over time, of course, the origins of international graduate students has shifted. For years, the NSF Survey of Earned Doctorates has been following where Ph.D. recipients received their undergraduate degrees, and each year it publishes a list...
