The assumption that new technology has a detrimental effect on employment as automation displaces workers is a phantom that has stalked every industrial revolution. Yet in Europe, our research ...

The Industrial Revolution was a period of history that ... who lived and worked there attracted attention from all over Europe. New Lanark even inspired the UK Parliament to make some of Robert ...

Joel Mokyr’s A Culture of Growth: The Origins of the Modern Economy gives culture center stage in the rapid economic growth and industrialization brought about by the first Industrial Revolution and ...

Coal was the fuel that powered factories during the Industrial Revolution. Image caption ... commonly found in coal mines across Britain and Europe in the 1700s. Steam-powered engines in coal ...

Europe says it will ease regulations on ... “At this moment, we face the extraordinary prospect of a new Industrial Revolution, one on par with the steam engine or Bessemer steel,” U.S ...

Roughly a third of the respondents are based in each region: Asia/Pacific, North America and Europe. Forbes Insights also conducted one-on-one interviews with several executives to further ...