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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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Mark Muro, Scott Andes and Matthew Stepp: Department of Energy’s National Labs Can Also Be Regional Hubs

Scott Andes Brookings Institution
Matthew Stepp Information Technology And Innovation Foundation
Mark Muro Brookings
September 24, 2014
The Department of Energy’s 17 national laboratories are a $12.5 billion network of potentially transformative basic and applied R&D hubs located in or near many of the nation’s metropolitan areas. However, the labs are today underutilized as true economic assets.
 

How can they be better leveraged?

There are lots of ideas out there, but as we argue in a new paper, one of the most effective ways for the labs to increase their economic impact is for them to “go local” and engage more in the advanced industry ecosystems within which they reside.
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Robert D. Atkinson: Driving Economic Evolution

Robert D Atkinson Information Technology And Innovation Foundation
September 23, 2014
Ever wonder why innovation policy gets so little attention in Washington? One reason is the manner in which policymakers — and the economists who advise them — conceptualize the economy.
 
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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!

Die Cast’s 3D Printing Makeover

September 08, 2014

Die casts are industry’s unsung workhorses, giving functional form to a whole host of manufactured goods — from belt buckles to car engines — that people largely take for granted.

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Jennifer Brant: Protecting Trade Secrets to Stimulate Knowledge Flows

Jennifer Brant Innovation Insights
September 04, 2014
As part of a debugging project, an employee of an Indian company, Geometric Ltd., was given access to software source code owned by SolidWorks, a U.S.-based client of the firm.
 

After leaving Geometric, the employee was caught trying to sell the software code to SolidWorks’ competitors. Because Indian law does not recognize the misappropriation of trade secrets, it was not possible to sue the individual. Since the source code belonged to SolidWorks — not Geometric — he technically had not stolen from his employer.
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Paul Bulla: How Urban Waste Is Powering Rural Sustainability

Paul Bulla Comcor Environmental Limited
September 03, 2014
The term “sustainability” is used more and more in urban settings today. With cities expanding, buildings reaching new heights and global populations exploding, it’s logical to implement environmentally responsible initiatives to dispose of the wastes these lifestyles generate. But what we don’t hear much about is the importance of sustainability after disposing of these wastes. Quite often, final disposal occurs in massive landfills, where waste is left to slowly decompose for many years.
 
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Dane Linn: Evolution at Work

Dane Linn Business Roundtable
August 21, 2014
As the old saying goes, everyone complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it. So it seems, sometimes, when it comes to the very real and persistent skills gap that drags down our entire economy. For those unaware of the term, the skills gap refers to the split between the kinds of skills that employers are looking for in their workers and those that job candidates actually possess.
 
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Marco Annunziata and Todd Johnson: Betting on Africa’s Future

Marco Annunziata GE
Todd Johnson GE
August 04, 2014
Africa is at a crossroad. Over the past decade and a half, the continent has emerged as the most promising growth region, exceeding world growth by an average of 2 percentage points per year.
 
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Middle Market Executives Remain Bullish About Upcoming Year

National Center For The Middle Market Staff
July 23, 2014
Middle-market executives are projecting new levels of optimism about economic growth, suggesting they are shrugging off the shocking Q1 GDP numbers—which indicated the economy shrunk by 2.9 percent—and charging forward despite these figures.
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