The Opportunity Agenda has developed useful resources to shift the "maker and taker" narrative on poverty to a narrative that values in equal measure attending to the needs of the poor and providing greater economic opportunity for everyone.
Start-ups will lead this paradigm shift, including makers of on-demand software (also called "software as a service," or SaaS) that consumers rent from "the cloud" as they need it, rather than shelling out large, one-time fees for entire programs.
Consumer attitudes are also shifting Japanese makers' way.
Whether one considers this akin to the auto industry's painful shift to a maker of more fuel-efficient, environmentally friendly cars or a painful Frankenstein-ing (or both), we're watching nearly every publisher do it.
Another sign of a possible policy shift: Chinese electronics maker Lenovo was able to launch a motion-sensing device similar in concept to Microsoft's Kinect Xbox gaming peripheral last year.
A bicycle maker shifts to building more food vending carts to sell to people who have lost their jobs.
[Page C4.] Taiwan's PC Makers Shift to China Taiwan's computer manufacturers, in search of cheaper labor and low-cost infrastructure, have begun migrating to China.
This week the focus may shift to policy makers at the Federal Reserve, who meet on Tuesday, but their options are narrower than they have been at other moments of turbulence in global markets.
So convinced is Nokia of the importance of services that it reorganised itself last year into two divisions: one to build handsets, and the other to provide its growing suite of services, called Ovi.At your serviceThere are several motivations for the gadget-makers' shift into services.
Documentaries such as "Blackfish" may also fill a gap in investigative journalism, as fewer newspapers and broadcasters invest in long-term projects.Anna Godas, chief executive of Dogwoof Pictures, Britain's leading documentary distributor, points to a shift in film-makers' attitudes.
Both agencies wanted the account: Goodby lost Hyundai Motor America after a two-year run earlier this year, when the Korean car maker shifted its creative work to the World Marketing Group.
