Wired for Innovation: How Information Technology is Reshaping the Economy

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Wired for Innovation:
How Information Technology is Reshaping the Economy

Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
1101 K Street, NW, Suite 610A
Washington, DC 20005
Friday, October 16, 2009
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
http://www.itif.org/rsvp/event.php?id=1

On Friday, October 16, professor and author Eric Brynjolfsson, one of the world's leading authorities on the role of information technology in driving economic growth, will present findings from his new book Wired for Innovation: How Information Technology is Reshaping the Economy. The book examines how a wave of business innovation, empowered by information technology, is driving a productivity resurgence in the U.S. economy, exploring the specific links through which IT affects productivity, innovation, competition, pricing, consumer surpluses and other aspects of the economy. Brynjolfsson has specifically tailored the book to help policymakers and business managers understand how information technologies drive productivity and growth at both the corporate and national economic levels.

Moderator: Robert Atkinson
President, The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

Presenter: Erik Brynjolfsson
Schussel Family Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Director of the MIT Center for Digital Business