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Columnist for Washington Post, contributor to Wall StreetJournal and Venturebeat, appearances on 60 minutes, Bloomberg West, Fox Business.
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Why Apple failed in India — and how it can start innovating againApple’s iPhone sales in India are expected to have fallen dramatically this year to two million, from three million phones last year. Reuters reports that at the peak shopping season, in Diwali, Apple stores were deserted. This occurred in the world’s fastest-growing ...Learn More
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Why Trump’s trade war could be the tipping point for American manufacturingWhen Western companies moved manufacturing to China, it was all about minimizing costs. China was a developing country with labor costs among the lowest in the world. It also offered massive subsidies and readily turned a blind eye to labor ...Learn More
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The AI Wars Have Not Even BegunTo gauge by the news headlines, it would be easy to believe that artificial intelligence (AI) is about to take over the world. Kai-Fu Lee, a Chinese venture capitalist, says that AI will soon create tens of trillions of dollars of ...Learn More
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3 fresh Instagram worries for Facebook investors as Zuckerberg faces his biggest testThe departure of Instagram’s founders marks a pivotal and potentially perilous moment for Facebook. It has long been rumored that Kevin Systrom, who maintained an iron grip as chief product officer of the Facebook subsidiary, aggressively defended his fast-growing and youthful ...Learn More
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How clean energy can be India’s saviourAs evidenced by the fall of the rupee and the widening account deficit, India’s dependence on oil has left it bruised by global forces. In previous oil crises, India had no choice but to tighten budgets. But things are different ...Learn More
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What the world shouldn’t learn from Silicon ValleyLearn all you can from the entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley but don’t become like them. This was my advice to a group of 91 Indian students who are visiting here on a program sponsored by Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje. ...Learn More

Why Apple failed in India — and how it can start innovating again

Why Trump’s trade war could be the tipping point for American manufacturing

The AI Wars Have Not Even Begun

3 fresh Instagram worries for Facebook investors as Zuckerberg faces his biggest test

How clean energy can be India’s saviour

What the world shouldn’t learn from Silicon Valley

Facebook and WhatsApp aren’t just flawed — they’re downright dangerous

Dear Elon: Ask Apple or Google to acquire Tesla

Revisiting the myths about entrepreneurship and innovation

How technology is hacking love—as well as our happiness

Workplace technology is as addictive as a casino’s slot machine — and makes us less productive

How Design Can Make Tech Products Less Addictive
Academic Research & Papers
Distinguished fellow at Harvard Law School, Carniege Mellon University and Duke University

Industry Trends in Engineering Offshoring

The Globalization of Innovation: Pharmaceuticals: Can India and China Cure the Global Pharmaceutical Market?

A Disciple Becomes the Guru

How the Disciple Became the Guru

Skilled Immigration and Economic Growth

An Outflow of Talent: Nativism and the US Reverse Brain Drain
A key ingredient in innovation is the ability to challenge authority and break rules.
Best-selling books
Latest best-selling books
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Astonishing technological advances like these are arriving in increasing numbers. Scholar and entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa uses this book to alert us to dozens of them and raise important questions about what they may mean for us.Digital technology is making us miserable, say bestselling authors and former tech executives Vivek Wadhwa and Alex Salkever. We’ve become a tribe of tech addicts–and it’s not entirely our fault. The authors explain how to avoid getting hooked on tech and how to define and control the roles that tech is playing and could play in our lives.Hailed by Foreign Policy Magazine as a “Top 100 Global Thinker,” professor, researcher, and entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa, alongside award-winning journalist Farai Chideya, set out to collect anecdotes and essays from global leaders, sharing how their experiences in innovative industries frame the future of entrepreneurship.Available on AmazonAvailable on AmazonAvailable on Amazon
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Vivek Wadhwa argues that increased competition from countries like China and India and US immigration policies are leaving some of the most educated and talented entrepreneurial immigrants with no choice but to take their innovation elsewhere.Digital technology is making us miserable, say bestselling authors and former tech executives Vivek Wadhwa and Alex Salkever. We’ve become a tribe of tech addicts–and it’s not entirely our fault. The authors explain how to avoid getting hooked on tech and how to define and control the roles that tech is playing and could play in our lives.Hailed by Foreign Policy Magazine as a “Top 100 Global Thinker,” professor, researcher, and entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa, alongside award-winning journalist Farai Chideya, set out to collect anecdotes and essays from global leaders, sharing how their experiences in innovative industries frame the future of entrepreneurship.Available on AmazonAvailable on AmazonAvailable on Amazon
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Hailed by Foreign Policy Magazine as a “Top 100 Global Thinker,” professor, researcher, and entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa, alongside award-winning journalist Farai Chideya, set out to collect anecdotes and essays from global leaders, sharing how their experiences in innovative industries frame the future of entrepreneurship.Vivek Wadhwa argues that increased competition from countries like China and India and US immigration policies are leaving some of the most educated and talented entrepreneurial immigrants with no choice but to take their innovation elsewhere.Astonishing technological advances like these are arriving in increasing numbers. Scholar and entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa uses this book to alert us to dozens of them and raise important questions about what they may mean for us.Available on AmazonAvailable on AmazonAvailable on Amazon
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Astonishing technological advances like these are arriving in increasing numbers. Scholar and entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa uses this book to alert us to dozens of them and raise important questions about what they may mean for us.Digital technology is making us miserable, say bestselling authors and former tech executives Vivek Wadhwa and Alex Salkever. We’ve become a tribe of tech addicts–and it’s not entirely our fault. The authors explain how to avoid getting hooked on tech and how to define and control the roles that tech is playing and could play in our lives.Vivek Wadhwa argues that increased competition from countries like China and India and US immigration policies are leaving some of the most educated and talented entrepreneurial immigrants with no choice but to take their innovation elsewhere.Available on AmazonAvailable on AmazonAvailable on Amazon
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