"Durante la crisis de los noventa, Finlandia salió de la crisis gracias a la formación de sus trabajadores y a la inversión en innovación y tecnología. Su sistema educativo ha fortalecido al país, que hoy afronta la crisis con mayor ventaja competitiva"
Una escuel finlandesa Fuente imagen: El País
Interesante artículo de Adrián Soto que plantea fomentar la educación, la universidad, la ciencia, la tecnología y la innovación, siguiendo el modelo finlandés para hacer frente a la crisis.
]]>"These are troubled times in the magazine industry. Reed Elsevier announced today that it is selling its mag publishing division, which includes Variety and Publishers Weekly, in order to reduce exposure to "cyclicality" in ad markets. And bad news for any editors looking for employment at Meredith: their president, Jack Griffin, says "We don't hire editors any more. We hire content strategists." Hope they teach that at Medill! But the real question is, is the magazine industry actually changing as quickly and perilously as business types seem to think?"
]]>En este post, Jeff Jarvis se plantea si las revistas que se publican corren el riesgo de desaparecer, comenzando el artículo con el cierre de la revista Portfolio de Condé Nast. Jeff Jarvis no cree que las revistas estén 'condenadas', pero sí que cada vez será más difícil que surjan nuevas publicaciones y que si revistas 'pequeñas' caen, no parece probable que vayan a tener sustitutos.
"Mind you, I’m not saying that magazines are going to start dropping like flies and newspapers. When the economy comes back, many will still be able to sell their targeted, engaged audiences to advertisers for a premium … at least for awhile. Some may even manage to pull off a metamorphosis into community platforms and a few high-value titles — see: The Economist — can even grow. But when the weak ones die, there’ll be none to replace them."
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