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Chinese Competition Has Raised Innovation In America and Europe

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It’s often said that necessity is the mother of all invention, and that certainly seems to be the case during Covid, with new data from Accenture revealing that innovation has flourished during the pandemic. Born out of disaster and necessity comes opportunity; the pandemic has sparked a new wave of innovation. Unusual quarters.

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Tech Transfer Needed If Climate Targets Are To Be Met

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A recent paper from Tsinghua University highlights this divide and argues that there needs to be significant movement in terms of technology transfer between rich and poor countries if global climate targets are to be met. The costs involved in this effort are also significant, and amount to up to 4.1% of national GDP.

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The Factors That Influence Acceptance Of AI In Hospitality

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By automating tasks like booking and contactless check-in, AI has liberated staff members to dedicate their attention to delivering exceptional, tailored experiences to guests in a prompt and cost-effective manner. However, the extent to which hotel guests embrace AI technology has remained an elusive query, until now.

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Post-Covid Cities Need To Be Smart Cities

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Concern propagated , however, that the very technologies that enabled us all to work from home would mean that we could, in theory, work from anywhere , which means we wouldn’t need to be tied to cities in order to work for companies based there. For instance, pre-Covid, Tokyo alone was estimated to have a GDP of around $1.6

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Is The Period Of Global Economic Growth At An End?

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While there have been undoubted ebbs and flows, the last century has seen growth in GDP like never before. A paper from the UC Santa Barbara argues that this growth is due to a combination of the technologies of the Industrial Revolutions and the various economic and political freedoms we have enjoyed as democracy has spread.

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Did Remote Working Result In Falling Productivity During Covid?

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The analysis found that GDP would likely have fallen by around twice as much during 2020 if remote working was not the option it ultimately was. The researchers explain that this claim only really held water if the only inputs were those associated with traditional workplaces, such as energy costs or office space.

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Remote Work Can Buffer The Economic Impact Of Natural Disasters

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The researchers looked at employee technology data before, during, and then after the hurricane struck. “In the future, there will be a greater percentage of the workforce who is involved in some sort of office-style technology work activities,” they explain. Maintaining productivity.

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