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Economic Research Services, USDA – Represented by Robert Gibbs, John Kort, and David McGranahan
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Salt Lake City Is Ranked as the Most Competitive Metro Area in 2007
The Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University recently released its Metropolitan Area Competitiveness Report 2007, claiming that Salt Lake City continues to be the most competitive city out of 50 metropolitan areas in the United States since 2006, followed by Boston, Denver, Portland (OR), Washington DC, Seattle, Virginia Beach, Minneapolis, San Jose, and Providence. In this report, Memphis, Birmingham, Detroit, New Orleans, and Riverside (California) are ranked in the bottom five in terms of the cities' competitiveness.
Advancing a Key Talent Pool: Hispanic Immigrant Workers
In the early 21st century, there are presently three demographic and economic trends influencing the American workforce. These are: increasing competition from a globalized economy; the retirement of the 'Baby Boomer' generation of workers; and the unparalleled growth of the immigrant workforce, particularly immigrant workers of Hispanic origin. The Corporation for a Skilled Workforce (CSW) is focusing on the third element of those demographics in its study Building Tomorrow's Workforce: Promoting the Education and Advancement of Hispanic Immigrant Workers in America.
The 2008 State Technology and Science Index Ranks High-Tech Assets among States
The 2008 State Technology and Science Index recently released by the Milken Institute ranks Massachusetts, Maryland, Colorado, California, and Washington among the top five states best positioned to succeed in the knowledge-based economy. Using an index based on 77 indicators, the study synthesizes one of the most comprehensive datasets on state technology and science assets into a set of objective measures designed to identify which states have the most potential to benefit from their technology and science investments.
Next Gen Ireland: Building Its Entrepreneurial Economy
The growth of the Irish economy during the 1990s is viewed as one of the world's most recent economic success stories and it is frequently cited in the US as a model. Much of Ireland's rapid growth during this period was spurred by foreign direct investment. This has created some unease within Ireland that growth in the country would prove unsustainable over a long period of time. As a result, entrepreneurship has become a major focus of the Irish economic development policy.
