Emerging Technologies

How to think local about the global tech companies

A man peers into a closed down shop, next door to another shop holding a closing down sale, in central London February 27, 2013. Britain's economy contracted by 0.3 percent in the last quarter of 2012 as first thought, keeping alive the danger of a third recession since 2008, although yearly growth was revised up, data showed on Wednesday. REUTERS/Andrew Winning (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) - LM1E92R1CFH01

Online retailers are often blamed for the rise in boarded-up shop fronts in cities. Image: REUTERS/Andrew Winning

John B. Horrigan
PhD, Technology Policy Institute
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