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Through a series of studies, the overarching aim of this book is to investigate if and how the digitalization/digital transformation process causes (or may cause) the autonomy of various labor functions, and its impact in creating (or stymieing) various job opportunities on the labor market. This book also seeks to illuminate what actors/groups are mostly benefited by the digitalization/digital transformation and which actors/groups that are put at risk by it. This book takes its point of departure from a 2016 OECD report that contends that the impact digitalization has on the future of labor is ambiguous, as on the one hand it is suggested that technological change is labor-saving, but on t...
#1 New York Times non-fiction bestseller #2 Sunday Times non-fiction bestseller SHORTLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY APPLE, AMAZON, THE TIMES AND FINANCIAL TIMES Walter Isaacson’s biography of Elon Musk offers the most intimate, complete and revelatory portrait of the most fascinating and controversial innovator in the world. For two years, Isaacson had unprecedented access to Musk, his workplaces, his family, friends, coworkers and adversaries – nothing was off-limits. Musk’s journey from humble beginnings to one of the wealthiest people on the planet is a thrilling, mind-bending story and nobody could tell it better. Filled with amazing tales of triumph and turmoil, and lessons about leadership and business, it ultimately addresses the question everyone wants to ask: why is Elon Musk so successful? This book includes over 100 integrated black and white images.
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Walter Isaacson's Elon Musk Walter Isaacson’s latest biography, Elon Musk (2023), chronicles the life of the entrepreneur famed for his work with SpaceX, Tesla, and PayPal. Isaacson delves into Musk's challenging early years, including being bullied and having a difficult relationship with his father. The narrative follows Musk into Silicon Valley, showcasing his relentless work ethic and vision for the future of humanity. Isaacson details Musk’s foray into space exploration with SpaceX, his commitment to sustainable energy through Tesla, and his interest in AI with projects like Neuralink and OpenAI. Musk’s intense management style, risk-taking, and innovative thinking are critically examined, as are the challenges and controversies he has faced.
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Get the Summary of Walter Isaacson’s Elon Musk 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Walter Isaacson’s latest biography, Elon Musk (2023), chronicles the life of the entrepreneur famed for his work with SpaceX, Tesla, and PayPal. Isaacson delves into Musk’s challenging early years, including being bullied and having a difficult relationship with his father. The narrative follows Musk into Silicon Valley, showcasing his relentless work ethic and vision for the future of humanity. Isaacson details Musk’s foray into space exploration with SpaceX, his commitment to sustainable energy through Tesla, and his interest in AI with projects like Neuralink and OpenAI. Musk’s intense management style, risk-taking, and innovative thinking are critically examined, as are the challenges and controversies he has faced...
Richard B. Freeman and James L. Medoff’s now classic 1984 book What Do Unions Do? stimulated an enormous theoretical and empirical literature on the economic impact of trade unions. Trade unions continue to be a significant feature of many labor markets, particularly in developing countries, and issues of labor market regulations and labor institutions remain critically important to researchers and policy makers. The relations between unions and management can range between cooperation and conflict; unions have powerful offsetting wage and non-wage effects that economists and other social scientists have long debated. Do the benefits of unionism exceed the costs to the economy and society ...
Young people are a vulnerable category of workers, finding themselves in a delicate phase of their working life: their first entry into the labour market. In many European countries, youngsters are unemployed or have difficulty finding and obtaining jobs. This situation has deteriorated particularly after the crises, recessions and stagnation that has impacted European economies in recent years. In addition to the cyclical or crisis impact, structural factors are also very important. Additionally, prolonged crises, as in some Eurozone countries, have transformed a significant part of cyclical unemployment in structural (long term) unemployment. Young People and the Labour Market: A Comparati...
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