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globalization

No Gain Without Pain: We Need Better Economic Shock Absorbers To Prevent Bumpy Recoveries

Mark Muro Brookings
May 01, 2016
GE had just six months to redesign the engine, and the team worked nonstop, guided by Whittle’s blueprints and a handful of British engineers. There were 15 people on Sorota’s shift. His job was to design the paths that channeled air inside the engine. Occasionally he would take trips to other secret sites and study jets salvaged from the German V-2 rocket bombs that were falling on England.
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trade

Let's Make Small Go Big: Financing The Engines Of Growth

Kati Suominen
April 28, 2016
Some of the Hush-Hush Boys with the I-A engine, the first American jet engine. It generated 1,300 pounds of thrusts. The GE90-115B, the world's largest and most powerful jet engine, can produce 127,900 pounds of thrust.
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4th Industrial Revolution

These 3 Industries Are Getting Transformed by Advanced Manufacturing

Grayson Brulte Brulte Company
April 26, 2016

From electric vehicles on the ground to rockets in space, a range of industries are already benefitting from advanced manufacturing — innovative technologies and processes that are set to transform nearly every sector.

 

Imagine a world of full of machines manufacturing anything we desire on-demand, where robots attend to workers’ every need. Welcome to the future of advanced manufacturing — a hybrid of technologies and processes that manufactures goods through the use of innovative technologies.
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microfactories

Jay Rogers: Why Making Things Locally Is The Key to Sustainable Manufacturing

Jay Rogers Local Motors
April 24, 2016
The government selected GE for the project because of its knowledge of the high-temperature metals needed to withstand the heat inside the engine, and its expertise in building turbines for power plants and battleships, and superchargers for high-altitude bombers. GE now calls this know-how accessibility and cross-pollination the GE Store. “The FBI man warned me that if I gave away any secrets, the penalty was death,” Sorota said.
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Energy Storage

How California Broke Partisan Gridlock And Embraced Sustainable Energy

Janice Lin Founder And Managing Partner Strategen Consulting
April 21, 2016

California’s energy storage development shows how, through collaboration, the private and public sector can work together to achieve sustainable energy goals.

 
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development

James Stewart: What Sustainable Development Can Teach Us About Infrastructure

James Stewart Chairman Of Kpmgs Global Infrastructure Practice
April 19, 2016
The man told Sorota to follow another stranger to a small building with a tall brick smokestack at the back of Lynn River’s industrial lot. “They told me that this was where I was going to work,” Sorota said.
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skills-gap

Jennifer McNelly: It’s Not Your Grandfather’s Manufacturing

Jennifer Mcnelly The Manufacturing Institute
April 17, 2016

A key demographic could help close the skills gap in manufacturing: women. We need to do a better job of attracting and retaining this untapped resource.

 

U.S. manufacturers today face a tremendous challenge finding quality talent to stay competitive in the global economy. Over the next decade, nearly 3.5 million manufacturing jobs likely will need to be filled, and the skills gap is expected to result in 2 million of those jobs going unfilled.
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trade

How The Global Fund for Ecommerce Is Helping Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries Enter The Digital Era

Kati Suominen
April 12, 2016

By bringing together public- and private-sector support for digital trade, the Global Fund for Ecommerce could help developing country entrepreneurs go global.

 
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startups

A Successful Startup Approach Is About Answering the Right Questions — Interview with Eric Ries

Eric Ries Entrepreneur And Author Of The Lean Startup
April 10, 2016

It’s not enough to simply “get” the startup mentality. Executives who want to use lean startup principles to compete in today’s fast-paced economy must do the hard work needed to transform their companies.

 

Every company seems to be a startup these days — or at least they try to act more like one.
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jobs

Here's How Advanced Manufacturing Is Transforming The Factory

April 04, 2016
Advanced Manufacturing is creating disruption — as well as opportunities — for workers. This infographic explores the implications for the jobs of the future.
 

The 4th Industrial Revolution is ushering in a new era in manufacturing by merging hardware and software and reimagining how products are designed, made and serviced. Advanced manufacturing has profound implications for the future of work, as well.
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