Econovation : the red, white, and blue pill for arousing innovation / Steve Faktor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Faktor, Steve, 1973-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technological innovations--Economic aspects--United States.

Technological innovations.

United States--Economic conditions--2009-.

United States.

United States--Economic policy--2009-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Over the last 20 years, China fed our zombie-like appetite for iPhones, Prada and Snuggies. At the same time, its biggest customer, the US, found itself in debt, under-educated, and covered with recreational tattoos. So now what? Will America wallow in mediocrity like Greece or some C-list celebrity? Or, will our legendary ingenuity save us from Tweeting...and eating our way to irrelevance? Econovation is a bold, witty response to those questions that doesn't rely on miracles or government for answers. It challenges business leaders to think differently about the next decade of the US

Contents:

Econovation; Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: What Is Econovation?; Why Me? Why Now?; The Next 100 Years; Coming Up in Econovation; CHAPTER 1: Indulgence in an Age of Constraint; The Way We Were; Right Now; CHAPTER 2: Tawdry Tales of a Service Economy; Botox and Other Services; Haves versus Have-Nots; Fossils and Fledglings; The Power of Intangibles; CHAPTER 3: The Next Decade; A Rebalancing: What's Likely, Possible, and Remote; A Shift in Power, Capital, and Priorities; CHAPTER 4: Sell Actualization; The Seven Economic Identities; Get Your Free Labor Here!

What Minimum Wage? Tiny Jobs for Tiny Pay Social Identity as Economic Leverage; Secure Future; CHAPTER 5: Build a Capital Magnet; Sell to China, India, and Brazil; Change the Model; Become a Foreign Capital Magnet; What U.S. Companies Can Make in the Next Decade; CHAPTER 6: Make Makers; Education Complications; Fix the Core; Automate: Rise of the Machines; Repair School Financing; Empower Makers; CHAPTER 7: Liberate Micropreneurs; Splice Entrepreneurship into Education; Gain Access to Capital; Close the Confidence and Knowledge Gaps; Disneyfication for Micropreneurs

CHAPTER 8: Build an "Incentive Nation"Touched by the Hand of Go . . . vernment; Price, Love, and Understanding; Pricing and Incentive Models with a Future; The End of Money; CHAPTER 9: Unfinished Business; The Missing Link; Nobody's Bitch; APPENDIX: Applying Econovation; Approach; Hindsight to Foresight; All Together Now; About the Author; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-118-18243-X

1-283-33271-X

9786613332714

1-118-18244-8

OCLC:

767953034