Baby Boomer CEOs Face One Last Professional Challenge: Do they sell their companies or hand them over to their children?…
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How the world is building technology clusters
States, regions and nations are pursuing different methods to create industry “clusters,” concentrations of one-industry, technology-based economic activity that spawn innovative startups, attract private investments and give an entire area an economic boost. By William J. Holstein South Korea is trying to do it in Daejeon and in Gyeonggi province. France is working on it […]…
If Best Buy Can’t Deliver a Dishwasher, How Can It Be Having a “Turnaround?”
Bully for Best Buy, which is reporting increased earnings in its most recent quarter thanks to gains in online sales. The Wall Street Journal says it is a “stark change” from just four years ago, when the retailer was struggling with plunging sales and dwindling profits. The stock price is up more than 50 percent […]…
A Most Fascinating Conversation on U.S.-Chinese Relations and China’s Technological Aspirations
Trump Faces Steep Learning Curve on Japan, China Relations
For decades now, the United States has been expanding all manners of relations with Japan and China–economic and business, financial, military, cultural, tourism, education, and more. As a result, the three economies have essentially merged and the web of interdependencies is enormous and complicated. The center of the world’s economy has shifted to Northeast Asia […]…
