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Kati Suominen: Rise of the Re-Invention Economy

Kati Suominen
November 18, 2014
As automation and computerization expand, anxiety about jobs is at a fever pitch.
 
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Stephen Ezell: ITA Expansion Agreement a Victory for Global Innovation Economy

Stephen Ezell Information Technology And Innovation Foundation
November 14, 2014
The United States and China aren’t the only potential victors to emerge this week from an agreement to expand a two-decade-old list of information and communications technology (ICT) products that can be traded duty-free. The global economy stands to benefit from innovation that would be unlocked by an updated Information Technology Agreement (ITA).
 
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Anne Kim: How Maryland Is Wooing Foreign Startups

Anne Kim Republic 3 0
November 11, 2014
If you’re a foreign entrepreneur looking to break into the U.S. market, the State of Maryland wants to help.
 

On the third floor of a nondescript office building perched on a busy commercial strip in College Park, Maryland, foreign-owned startups can get a boost at the Maryland International Incubator, a first-of-its-kind incubator focused exclusively on foreign companies settling in the United States.
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Francisco J. Sánchez: The US and EU — Promoting Growth Through Trade

Francisco J Sanchez Cns Global Advisors
November 03, 2014
In 1986, Vietnam was one of the poorest countries in the world. The aftermath of the decades-long Vietnam War and the mismanagement of the economy left the majority of the country in abject poverty, with per capita income below $100. Through drastic economic reforms, Vietnam’s government gradually decentralized the economy and opened it up to international business.
 
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Thomas A. Stewart: The U.S. Middle Market Has Found a Higher Gear

Thomas A Stewart National Center For The Middle Market
October 29, 2014
U.S. unemployment has at long last fallen below 6 percent. Gross domestic product growth has recovered following a stumble early in the year. The economy seems to have settled into a decent growth rate — better than desultory but worse than ideal.
 
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Julia Roig: Business for Peace — We Know Why, But How?

Julia Roig Partners For Democratic Change
October 22, 2014
We need just look at the world’s headlines to know that the global community continues to face serious problems with conflict and instability: from gangs in Central America to cross-border tensions in Ukraine; with violent extremism on the rise in places like Nigeria and Iraq to the escalating armed conflict in Syria; with backsliding in the relationship between Israel and Palestine to recent clashes between police and protestors in Hong Kong.
 
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John Murphy: Are India and China Ready to Lead on Trade?

John Murphy U S Chamber Of Commerce
October 15, 2014
India and China are giants on the world stage, with a combined population of 2.6 billion — more than one-third of humanity. Adjusted for purchasing power, their combined economic output tops $20 trillion, well ahead of America’s $17 trillion.
 
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Kari Reidy: Growing Your Lemonade Stand: Exporting Drives Sales and Innovation

Kari Reidy National Institute Of Standards And Technology
September 19, 2014
Remember how much fun it was opening your own lemonade stand?
 

You would go to the supermarket with your parents to buy the ingredients, rush home to the kitchen with your siblings to mix everything up, create your own lemonade stand sign, and then head out to the end of your driveway / sidewalk to offer neighbors a cup of watered-down lemonade for 25 cents. While 25 cents per cup wasn’t the greatest profit margin, you still felt the most successful entrepreneur in the world!
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Companies Mobilizing Against Trade Secret Theft — Q&A with Pamela Passman of CREATe

Pamela Passman Create Org
August 14, 2014
There was a time when the theft of a trade secret elicited a seemingly counterproductive response from the corporate victim — keeping the theft a secret. On one level, such a reaction was understandable, given the risk that going public about the compromise of a key piece of intellectual property (IP) could cause further harm to the bottom line.
 
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America’s Tentative Embrace of Africa as Investment Partner

August 07, 2014
Africa is ascendant, but when will America recognize it?
 

Africa’s economic outlook as a whole presents one of the most promising growth stories of anywhere in the world, yet the U.S. remains under-invested in the continent relative to other regions. When you read a headline about Africa in the paper, it’s still more likely to talk about conflict or disease than opportunity.
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