Industrial Internet
How Europe Can Drive The Next Industrial Revolution
At GE we see unprecedented opportunity for European companies and society to reboot productivity, competitiveness and prosperity, and help the region unleash investment and growth.
Cooperation Leads to a Brilliant Future: Industrial Internet and Southeast Asia
We live in a beautiful time. It is a time where cooperation will be rewarded, where man and machine can work as one to deliver a better world. This is not science fiction. This is our brilliant future.
The relationship between mind and machine is at a crucial juncture. Machines are becoming more and more powerful, their capabilities for learning and adaptation truly wonderful. At GE, we call this simply - brilliant.
economy
Marco Annunziata: Through the Looking Glass
How to cut through the global economic madness to assess real prospects for growth.
Looking at the global economy can feel like we have gone among the mad people:
- Some interest rates are negative — you have to pay in order to lend.
- Financial papers call for “helicopter money” in a Eurozone that is growing above potential.
- Innovation is moving at its fastest pace but productivity at its slowest.
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Electrification Software Energy
Marco Annunziata: Oil Prices Got You Down?
The sharp decline in oil prices has placed them squarely at the center of the global economic debate. Many see low oil prices as evidence that the world economy has lost steam. Stock markets jump anxiously at every piece of news coming from the oil market.
The market story is important. But more important is that the oil and gas market is undergoing a deeper and more complex transformation, one that will have powerful repercussions over the coming decades.
Innovation Barometer
The Animal Spirits Index: GE Chief Economist Marco Annunziata Explains The Innovation Barometer
Perspectives
Marco Annunziata: The Industrial App Economy Is Ready for Its Download
The industrial app economy will spur innovation by enabling a more seamless environment for people and machines to work smarter and more efficiently together.
We live in a world of apps. They have become so pervasive in our daily experience that we don’t even think about it anymore: an app wakes us in the morning, and another app reports the quality of our sleep; we use apps to move around town, book restaurants and movies, track our weight and physical activity, meet friends, stream music and keep up with the news. Life is an app.
Perspectives
Marco Annunziata: The New Industrial Revolution — There’s an App for That
The industrial app economy will spur innovation by enabling a more seamless environment for people and machines to work smarter and more efficiently together.
We live in a world of apps. They have become so pervasive in our daily experience that we don’t even think about it anymore: an app wakes us in the morning, and another app reports the quality of our sleep; we use apps to move around town, book restaurants and movies, track our weight and physical activity, meet friends, stream music and keep up with the news. Life is an app.
Marco Annunziata: How to Capture the Benefits of Africa’s Youth Dividend
With a new industrial revolution underway, African policymakers must start building a pipeline of the right skills for the Future of Work.
Sub-Saharan Africa has been the second-fastest growing region in the world for the last decade and a half. A long commodity boom has helped, but African countries have also started to improve business conditions and strengthen institutions.
Marco Annunziata: 3 Economic Forces Shaping 2015, Explained
It’s barely February, but uncertainty has pervaded the global economy this year. Here’s what’s driving it, and what to expect next.
2015 has kicked off with an unusually high level of uncertainty (unavoidable) and a large dose of confusion (avoidable). The uncertainty is the product of three ongoing structural shifts:
- accelerating technological innovation, disrupting the competitive landscape for industries and countries;
