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Nations rise and fall due to migration of prosperity because of leadership in taking advantage of industrial dynamics caused by reinvention of major products and processes

How Nations Rise and Fall: Lessons from Britain, America, and China

The US faces challenges from countries like China in the Fourth Industrial Revolution—particularly in artificial intelligence, renewable energy, and electric vehicles—and concerns about its historical technological supremacy are growing. We…

Why Economists Can’t Make America Great—and Engineers Once Did

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Engineers Made America Great—and Economists Are Struggling to Keep It That Way

Abstract “Make America Great Again” is often framed as political populism, but it reflects a deeper intellectual divide about how nations create Wealth. This article contrasts two routes to national…

6. Making America Great Again Requires Industrial Reinvention, Not Expansion

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MAGA at a Crossroads: Tariffs, Territory, and the Failure of Industrial Revival

Abstract This article examines the trajectory of Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) agenda through the lens of product life-cycle and industrial Reinvention theories. Using Trump’s renewed focus on…

Catching the next wave is a must for Bangladesh to migrate from declining industrial economy to be innovation led industrial powerhouse

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Catching the Next Wave: Product Evolution, Industrial Reinvention, and the Future of Bangladesh’s Industrial Economy

Abstract Bangladesh’s industrial growth strategy, rooted in importing mature technologies and relying on labor-centric value addition, has reached a point of structural decline. Drawing on the theory of product evolution,…

Economic growth policies demand strategic insights about competing waves which is beyond the scope of existing economic theories

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Economic Growth Policies: Why Should Economists Be Entrusted with Them?

Abstract This article questions the intellectual foundations of economic growth policies dominated by production-function economics, which frame development as the efficient allocation of labor, capital, and an abstract residual called…

Due to industrial reinvention failure Canada looks for gaining trade efficiency in Canola-for-EVs deal with China

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Canola-for-EVs Deal Underscores Industrial Reinvention

Abstract Canada’s recent trade engagement with China—expanding agricultural exports such as canola while easing tariff barriers on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs)—is often framed as a commercial success. This article argues…

Declining R&D productivity trend faces multiple issues which cannot be solved by increasing the funding and number of researchers.

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Addressing Declining R&D Productivity for Driving Economic Growth

Ideas offer innovations that enable us to do our jobs more effectively and efficiently, require fewer resources, contribute to an improved quality of life, and drive economic growth. A stylized…

Finding big ideas for driving economic growth is getting increasingly costly due to growing threshold to cross and subsidy led startup strategy

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Finding Big Ideas–why is it becoming a costly endeavor?

Smartphone, Digital Camera, Light Bulb, and Gramophone are among the big ideas. They have been fueling the rise in quality of living standards and high-performing firms, driving economic growth. Hence,…

iPhone idea offers a lesson that big ideas grow from rejection and humble beginning through evolution

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iPhone Idea—lesson for big ideas

We are all after big ideas. There is no doubt that the iPhone idea is a big one. It has been the driver of transforming Apple from nearly bankrupt to…

Create blue ocean through making competition irrelevant by winning the race of leveraging technology possibilities

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Create Blue Ocean through Evolution

How have TSMC, ASML, and Apple made competition irrelevant in their respective industries? Chan Kim & Renée Mauborgne coined the term “Blue Ocean Strategy” to refer to such a success.…

Innovation for Growth agenda should be released from the grip of inflating valuation by spreading hypes of disruptive innovation narratives

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Innovation for Growth—too important to be left with hype spreading innovators

Innovation is about ideas that enable Jobs to be done better by consuming fewer resources. It has been at the core of improving our living standards. Innovation is the fuel…

Robots take my job has been a serious concern that could be dealt with by seven tactics of innate ability-centric competence sharpening

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Robots Take My Job —seven tactics for remaining relevant in the job market

Will robots take my job? How to remain employable in an AI-driven world has been a question for all. Do we need to know how to use AI or how…

Editor’s Pick

How Nations Rise and Fall: Lessons from Britain, America, and China

Engineers Made America Great—and Economists Are Struggling to Keep It That Way

MAGA at a Crossroads: Tariffs, Territory, and the Failure of Industrial Revival

Catching the Next Wave: Product Evolution, Industrial Reinvention, and the Future of Bangladesh’s Industrial Economy

Economic Growth Policies: Why Should Economists Be Entrusted with Them?

Canola-for-EVs Deal Underscores Industrial Reinvention

Addressing Declining R&D Productivity for Driving Economic Growth

Finding Big Ideas–why is it becoming a costly endeavor?

iPhone Idea—lesson for big ideas

Create Blue Ocean through Evolution

Innovation for Growth—too important to be left with hype spreading innovators

Robots Take My Job —seven tactics for remaining relevant in the job market

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