Engines of Prosperity: Templates for the Information Age

Clearly, the world is going through a major transition. This upheaval will change everything, but the focus and maximum stress point is economic. In the future, world power and national prosperity will increasingly depend on the ability to compete in high value added product-market areas. The winners will develop new societal models for business, economics, government, and education. This book is the joint product of an academician and a business practitioner, both of whom share a deep concern about the inadequacy of current models and practices. It examines the new environment and explores the underlying drivers - the "Engines of Prosperity" - that set the new rules of competitive rivalry. It provides timely advice for managers on how to compete in a world characterized by Information Age technology, rapid change, deepening global linkages, increasing returns to scale, and the continuous unbundling of value chains.