Here’s an interesting piece from Harvard Business School. According to new research findings by assistant professor William R. Kerr of the Harvard Business School, Chinese and Indian scientists and engineers have made a disproportionately large impact on U.S. technology formulation over the past 30 years.
Okay, I know what your thinking… How is that a surprise? We are all aware of the valuable contribution our Chinese and Indian team mates make in the world of high-technology.
What I find interesting are the observations that since 2000 the contributions from Chinese scientists have leveled off, and Indian contributions have shown a slight decline over the same period. Kerr sites some global influences that may explain these phenomena. But the question remains, what impact will this have on America’s innovation capability in the future?
If Kerr is right about the potential impact for U.S. companies, the message is clear. We need to focus our energies on improving the productivity of innovation workers. Kerr suggests that factors aboard are making people rethink their home countries as attractive climates for technology development. This means that we need to drive more and better innovation with our resident innovation workers if U.S. companies are to maintain their competitiveness.
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