Not every component of the highest risk jobs may be automatable, says Osborne.
Oil refining, chemicals, and petrochemicals continued to dominate, but electronics, aerospace components, and other high-technology items became increasingly important in the last quarter of the 20th century.
Tourism and the military are major components of the economy; health care, high-technology industries, and manufacturing (fibres, chemicals, paper products, and building materials) are also important.
Contract manufacturers are the masked men of high-technology.
ARROW ELECTRONICS INC., Melville, N.Y., an electronic components and computer products distributor, agreed to acquire Tekelec Europe, based near Paris, which is a distributor of high-technology components, for an undisclosed sum.
In the late 1970s high-technology manufacturing of electronic systems and computer software emerged as an important component of the state's economy.
Iran declared several months ago that it would build an equivalent system of its own, but obtaining the components, the guidance systems and the expertise would be a challenge, especially with the ban on high-technology imports to the country.
High-throughput screening is an essential component of the toolbox of modern technologies that improve speed and efficiency in contemporary cancer drug development.
By the early 1990s, several high-technology firms had established plants for the manufacture of semiconductors and other computer components.
But perhaps more important, the energy legacy -- specifically its management information systems component -- gave Tulsa many employees with high-technology skills.
