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Jobs for America | Investments and Policies for Economic Growth and Competitiveness

Ross DeVol and Perry Wong (1-26-2010)

Changes to economic and tax policies and investment in key infrastructure project categories could create more than 11 million jobs in the United States this decade. More

LINK: Jobs for America

Clean Economy, Living Planet: Building Strong Clean Energy Technology Industries

Ward van den Berg, Senior Research Associate, Arnoud van der Slot, Partner, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants (1-26-2010)

The market for clean energy technology (CET) is booming and will be the third-largest industrial sector in the world. More

PDF: Building Strong Clean Energy Technology Industries

U.S. Outward FDI: Current Flows Lowered in Weakened Global Economy but Attraction of Emerging Markets Remains

Karl P. Sauvant, Executive Director, Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International (1-26-2010)

Current FDI flows lowered in weakened global economy, but attraction of emerging markets remains. More

PDF: Country Profiles of Inward and Outward Foreign Direct Investment

Manufacturing Resurgence | A Must for U.S. Prosperity

Joel Popkin and Kathryn Kobe, National Association of Manufacturers and the NAM Council of Manufacturing Associations (1-19-2010)

Manufacturing is essential for U.S. economic growth and prosperity but faces big challenges. More

PDF: Manufacturing Resurgence

Cleantech Revolution: Building Smart infrastructures

PricewaterhouseCoopers (1-19-2010)

Efforts are under way to build foundational infrastructures that will support a smart electricity grid and an electric vehicle ecosystem. More

PDF: Building Smart Infrastructures

Quality Counts 2010 - Education Week’s Annual Education Report Card

Education Week (1-15-2010)

The nation and many states face a continuing struggle to deliver a high-quality education to all students, according to Education Week’s annual education report card. More

LINK: Quality Counts 2010

24th Annual Corporate Survey & 6th Annual Consultants Survey Complete Results

Area Development Magazine Special Presentation (Dec/Jan 10)

After 2009’s economic woes, business executives look to balance their cost-related priorities with their 2010 growth strategies according to Area Development's Annual Corporate and Consultants Survey. More

OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2009

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (12-22-2009)

The ninth edition of the OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard explores recent developments in matters relating to innovation, science, technology, and globalization. In this regard, it compares characteristics of OECD member and major non-member economies. More

LINK: OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2009

United States Economy Overview — Winter 2010

Jones Lang LaSalle (12-21-2009)

The “great recession” is over, but the expansion underway will remain fragile as the overwhelming support from government stimulus begins to fade out in 2010. More

PDF: United State Economic Overview 2010

Emerging Trends in the U.S. Solar Market

GTM Research (12-18-2009)

The United States is rapidly emerging as one of the world’s leading markets for solar power. More

PDF: Emerging Trends in the U.S. Solar Market

Innovating for Better Buildings | An Opportunity Disguised as a Meltdown

Nth Power and the Faunhofer Institute (12-18-2009)

The new construction sector of the U.S. building industry offers an attractive and timely opportunity to innovate. More

PDF: Innovating for Better Buildings

2010 U.S. Manufacturing CFO Outlook

Bank of America Business Capital (12-10-2009)

Despite giving the current economy low marks, U.S. manufacturers CFOs are more optimistic than in recent years about the nation’s economic outlook. More

PDF: 2010 CFO Outlook

Do Green Buildings Make Dollars and Sense?

Norm G. Miller, PhD, University of San Diego, Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate, Dave Pogue, LEED AP and National Director of Sustainability, CBRE (11-23-2009)

Many tenants of Energy Star-labeled buildings find such space more productive, and these buildings do save money on energy costs. More

PDF: Do Green Buildings Make Dollars and Sense?

Green Buildings and Productivity

Norm G. Miller, PhD, University of San Diego, Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate, Dave Pogue, LEED AP and National Director of Sustainability, CBRE (11-23-2009)

Healthier buildings reduce sick time and increase productivity, making it easier to recruit and retain employees. More

PDF: Green Buildings and Productivity

Best-Performing Cities 2009

Ross C. DeVol, Armen Bedroussian, Kevin Klowden, and Candice Flor Hynek, Milken Institute, Greenstreet Real Esate Partners (11-12-2009)

Leaders in the 2009 Best-Performing Cities index are all metros that succeeded in avoiding the worst of economic declines driven by falling housing markets and job losses in manufacturing and global trade. More

PDF: Best-Performing Cities 2009

Deloitte Debates — Bring Manufacturing Jobs Home!

Deloitte Consulting LLP (11-9-2009)

Is it time to start bringing manufacturing jobs back to the U.S.? More

PDF: Bring manufacturing jobs home!

Sovereign Wealth Funds: Much Ado About Some Money

Charles Kovacs, Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment (10-26-2009)

SWFs will continue to favor the major advanced economies, although they are unlikely to become a significant source of FDI. More

PDF: Sovereign wealth funds: much ado about some money

Sustainable, High Performance Projects and Project Delivery Methods

The Charles Pankow Foundation, The Design-Build Institute of America (10-16-2009)

LEED APs rate design-build (DB) and construction manager-at-risk (CMR) higher than design-bid-build (DBB); research shows procurement method affects outcome. More

PDF: Sustainable, High Performance Projects

IBM Global Location Trends 2009

IBM Global Business Services (10-13-2009)

IBM's Global Location Trends report advises companies on their global location strategies and economic development organizations on improving their strategies to attract such companies. More

PDF: Global Location Trends

People and Profitability: A Time for Change

The Manufacturing Institute, Deloitte Consulting LLP, Oracle Corporation (10-7-2009)

Amidst ongoing economic uncertainty, record-high unemployment rates and continued layoffs and mandatory furlough days, manufacturers are struggling to find and retain high-skilled, flexible workers. More

PDF: A 2009 people management practices survey of the manufacturing industry

Ward van den Berg, Senior Research Associate, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants

U.S. Outward FDI: Current Flows Lowered in Weakened Global Economy but Attraction of Emerging Markets Remains

Karl P. Sauvant, Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International

Manufacturing Resurgence | A Must for U.S. Prosperity

Joel Popkin and Kathryn Kobe, National Association of Manufacturers and the NAM Council of Manufacturing Associations

Cleantech Revolution: Building Smart infrastructures

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Quality Counts 2010 - Education Week’s Annual Education Report Card

Education Week

24th Annual Corporate Survey & 6th Annual Consultants Survey Complete Results

Area Development Magazine Special Presentation

OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2009

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

United States Economy Overview — Winter 2010

Jones Lang LaSalle

Emerging Trends in the U.S. Solar Market

GTM Research

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Ross DeVol and Perry Wong (1-26-2010)

Ward van den Berg, Senior Research Associate, Arnoud van der Slot, Partner, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants (1-26-2010)

Karl P. Sauvant, Executive Director, Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International (1-26-2010)

Joel Popkin and Kathryn Kobe, National Association of Manufacturers and the NAM Council of Manufacturing Associations (1-19-2010)

PricewaterhouseCoopers (1-19-2010)

Education Week (1-15-2010)

Area Development Magazine Special Presentation (Dec/Jan 10)

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (12-22-2009)

Jones Lang LaSalle (12-21-2009)

GTM Research (12-18-2009)

Nth Power and the Faunhofer Institute (12-18-2009)

Bank of America Business Capital (12-10-2009)

Norm G. Miller, PhD, University of San Diego, Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate, Dave Pogue, LEED AP and National Director of Sustainability, CBRE (11-23-2009)

Norm G. Miller, PhD, University of San Diego, Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate, Dave Pogue, LEED AP and National Director of Sustainability, CBRE (11-23-2009)

Ross C. DeVol, Armen Bedroussian, Kevin Klowden, and Candice Flor Hynek, Milken Institute, Greenstreet Real Esate Partners (11-12-2009)

Deloitte Consulting LLP (11-9-2009)

Charles Kovacs, Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment (10-26-2009)

The Charles Pankow Foundation, The Design-Build Institute of America (10-16-2009)

IBM Global Business Services (10-13-2009)

The Manufacturing Institute, Deloitte Consulting LLP, Oracle Corporation (10-7-2009)

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Ward van den Berg, Senior Research Associate, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants

Karl P. Sauvant, Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International

Joel Popkin and Kathryn Kobe, National Association of Manufacturers and the NAM Council of Manufacturing Associations

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Education Week

Area Development Magazine Special Presentation

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

Jones Lang LaSalle

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