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The 40-Hour Work Wee |
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| Futurists 50 years ago were projecting a 20-hour work week in the United States and Western Europe by the dawn of the 21st century. In most developed nations, their predictions have proven directionally correct: total work time has moved downward. |
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Off-Shoring the Back |
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| Let��셲 face it, there��셲 hardly a business topic that��셲 more emotionally charged than off-shoring: the new trend of outsourcing business processes to foreign workers. It is much cheaper to pay people in other countries to do this routine work because they are paid only a small fraction of the salaries that American workers receive. |
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Home Automation and |
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| During the PC era, the nexus of info-tech innovation was business, especially in the office. As we enter ��쐔he post-PC era,��� the nexus of innovation is shifting to the consumer, especially in the home. And this digital home is where most technological innovation will occur over the next five years in the $101 billion consumer electronics industry. |
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Communications Becom |
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| Few people realize that we are on the threshold of a truly remarkable period in history. We are witnessing the convergence of several powerful trends that will soon produce a tremendous economic boom. |
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A New Nuclear Renais |
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| To decrease their dependence on oil, many developed nations are turning to nuclear power as a more reliable source of energy. Most of the groundswell of activity in nuclear power is coming from Asia. According to the World Nuclear Association, east and south Asia currently have ��쏿bout 100 nuclear reactors in operation, 20 under construction, and plans to build a further 40. |
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