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Steve Melito: Manufacturing, Entrepreneurship and Economic Strength

Steve Melito Fuzehub
December 30, 2014
What’s the best way to measure the strength of a state’s economy?
 
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Francisco J. Sánchez: Synchronized Factories — The Key to Latin America’s Industrial Future

Francisco J Sanchez Cns Global Advisors
December 29, 2014
In 2005, Bombardier, the Canadian aerospace and transportation company, opened the doors of a factory in Querétaro, Mexico. At the time, the move seemed like a serious gamble. Though Mexico offered low wages compared to Canada, could it provide Bombardier with the environment required for such a highly technical manufacturing plant?
 

Almost 10 years later, it is clear that the gamble paid off. The factory has flourished and employs more than 1,800 workers. Bombardier continues to generate profits from its Mexico plants and is expanding there.
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Bruce Katz and Mark Muro: What States Need to Do to Grow Their Advanced Industries

Bruce Katz Brookings Institution
Mark Muro Brookings
December 22, 2014
Voters said unequivocally in this year’s midterm elections that economic growth and quality jobs are their top concerns. The divided federal government that resulted from those elections seems likely to take incremental but not transformative steps on critical economic issues. In other words, less gridlock but little impact.
 
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Charles McConnell: Energy Sustainability Through a Global Lens

Charles Mcconnell Rice University
December 17, 2014
Transformative technology continues to be the single largest enabler for a sustainable energy future in this world, and any number of studies also point to the fact that there is no more important contributor to the health and well-being of people than the supply of energy.
 

In future columns, I’d like to discuss in detail these technologies and how they are so important to a sustainable future. But what is energy sustainability, and how can it be viewed globally?
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Stacey Jarrett Wagner and Edward Youdell Talk: Robots — Love ‘Em Or Hate ‘Em, They’re Here To Stay

Ed Youdell Fabricators And Manufacturers Association
Stacey Jarrett Wagner The Jarrettwagner Group
December 15, 2014
Stacey: Well, it seems we all survived the mid-term elections in spite of the robots.
 

Ed: Robots, what robots?

Stacey: Robo-calls. Those annoying automatic messages from the candidates trying to get you to believe they know you personally and are here to help.
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Dennis DeTurck and Bruce Lenthall: Transforming STEM Education

Dennis Deturck University Of Pennsylvania
Bruce Lenthall University Of Pennsylvania
December 12, 2014
Imagine an introductory college physics class where instead of sitting in a lecture hall, students work in small teams to predict the height from which an object must slide or roll downhill to successfully complete a loop-the-loop without leaving the track. They then do the experiment and analyze how accurate their predictions were.
 
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Stacey Jarrett Wagner: Help Wanted — Ensuring the Success of Regional Collaborations

Stacey Jarrett Wagner The Jarrettwagner Group
December 04, 2014
At a recent conference near Washington, D.C., the sound of deflation was palpable. No, this was not a financial conference; it was focused on closing America’s skills gap.
 

Talk of these stubborn gaps often takes my breath away, because the country has worked so hard since the Great Recession to grow jobs and the economy. Conference hotels should provide oxygen tanks for meeting participants seeking to solve the skills gap problem.
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David C. Chavern: Ideas May Strike Like Lightning, but Innovation Must Be Cultivated

David C Chavern U S Chamber Of Commerce
December 03, 2014
The idea for an invention or a new technology may strike unexpectedly, but innovation — putting those ideas to work in our society and our economy — is no accident. It doesn’t just happen. It must be cultivated. It requires the right elements, working in concert.
 

At the national level, we can and must do more to foster innovation. It will keep our economy humming, our businesses competitive and hiring, our manufacturers producing, our standard of living rising and our wages high.

There are five essential ingredients for innovation:
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Raghu Krishnamoorthy: The Most Valuable Currency

Raghu Krishnamoorthy GE
November 21, 2014
What’s the most critical currency in today’s global economy? Jobs.
 
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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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