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pollutants that cause climate change. Transitioning to fossil-fuel free energy sources for these processes, improving efficiency and reducing waste, and bringing low-carbon alternatives to market could dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. According to... View Details

01 Mar 2009
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Damon Silvers

congressional bailout than Wall Street? No. The reason Congress voted in October to allot $700 billion for financial institutions was the risk that multiple bankruptcies would place the economy in jeopardy. Let’s apply that reasoning to... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Transportation

29 May 2006
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How Important Is the “Service Sector Effect” on Productivity?

manufacturing. . . . To that extent service sector workers are persuaded, by their own concern for self-respect and appreciation, to perform optimally." Several trends are clear. As economies develop, they generate proportionately... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Facing the New World Order

Competitiveness ranking and the current competitiveness ranking—are the highest new entrants, indicating that there have been a lot of programs in terms of transforming these economies into market. Now, before turning over to Professor... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

January 2018 (Revised March 2018)
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Portugal: Can Socialism Survive?

By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Haviland Sheldahl-Thomason

Portugal was not ready to join the European Monetary Union in 1999. With strong unions, weak competitiveness, and a legacy of socialism, it could not compete with north-European countries. After borrowing extensively to fund deficits, Portugal went into debt crisis in... View Details

Keywords: Economy; Financial Crisis; Economic Systems; Portugal

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March 2012
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Reviving Entrepreneurship

By: Josh Lerner and William Sahlman

New enterprises don't exist in a vacuum: They rise or fall depending on myriad contextual factors, all of them interrelated, and all of them affected by government policy. U.S. lawmakers must carefully consider the effects of interventions in at least 12 areas, ranging... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Government and Politics; Policy; Economy; Public Administration Industry; United States

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26 Oct 2001
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Venture Capital Access in the New Economy: Is Gender an Issue?

By: Myra M. Hart, Candida Brush, Nancy Carter, Elizabeth Gatewood and Patricia Greene

Keywords: Venture Capital; Gender; Economy

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11 May 2023
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What about the Race between Education and Technology in the Global South?

21 Apr 2020
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Trump uses the pandemic to push far-right agenda

15 Apr 2020
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Predictions for the New Normal

03 Dec 2019
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What Is The Future Of Work In The Tradable Sector?

February 2007
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Bolivia and Evo Morales

By: Rafael M. Di Tella, Laura Alfaro and Ezequiel Reficco

Keywords: Development Economics; Developing Countries and Economies; Economy; Policy; Bolivia

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Sustainability in Energy Industry

financial regulators This report identifies so many important recommendations to address the systemic risk that the climate crisis presents. Global Energy Review 2020 The impacts of the Covid-19 crisis on global energy demand and CO2 emissions. Taking on Tomorrow: The... View Details

01 Mar 2004
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Haven for the Homeless

his cell phone industry product development position in 2002 to become the shelter’s executive director. During the winter months, the shelter houses an average of one hundred people a night, and demand has grown in recent years. “When the View Details

Keywords: homeless shelters; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services