In this second edition of the case compendium, we cover three
enterprises working in the education technology (ed-tech)
and upskilling industry in three distinct emerging markets.
Women remain under-represented in high-paying technical and decision-making roles in STEM professions. This disparity is a vexing problem and the Achilles’ heel of the entire technology industry.
With hateful and harmful content ramping up around elections and conflicts
across the globe, disinformation is thriving. With the Defeating Disinformation
panel discussions, we examine the implications and impact online platforms
will have on the global community and what we can do to improve them and
ensure that user generated content contributes to civic discourse, informed
societies and inclusive growth.
Is it possible for an economy to be both digitally inclusive and at the forefront of innovation-based digital growth?
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is the latest source of funding to expand broadband across the US. As local, state, and federal government officials weigh how best to allocate $65 billion in resources, we call for a “people over miles” approach that will ensure more Americans have access to broadband at the speed necessary to learn, work, and access vital services.
Foreign Policy: Bhaskar Chakravorti | Ukraine’s tech outsourcing sector, one of Europe’s largest, has adapted nimbly to the war.
Bloomberg Businessweek: Bhaskar Chakravorti | Bhaskar Chakravorti, Dean of Global Business at the Fletcher School at Tufts University, discusses how the war in Ukraine is impacting the technology sector.
Foreign Policy: Bhaskar Chakravorti | Businesses are unlikely to face similar pressures in an Asian crisis.
Kiratas | “Chervonenkis” is still in the respectable 19th place in the top 500 list of the fastest supercomputers. But soon the computer of the Russian search engine group Yandex will have to let the competition pull away.
Bloomberg and Washington Post: Bhaskar Chakravorti | The Russian invasion of Ukraine has already had an impact on the energy and commodities markets. And there’s another major industry that will take a hit: tech.
