Nereta Hosting National Summit Aimed at Creating Jobs in America’s Lagging Regions SCRANTON, Pa., May 16, 2017–The U.S. jobless rate may have dropped to 4.4 percent, the lowest level in more than a decade, but there are millions of Americans who cannot find jobs and employers report that they have millions of positions they cannot […]…
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A Most Important Summit on Job Creation
I’m delighted that I’ve been asked to co-organize and moderate a two-day National Job Creation Summit in Scranton June 14-15. I’ll present my own conclusions but my primary job is going to be to get others to cross-pollinate among these different fields: cluster development experts, workforce development people, entrepeneurs, university professors who teach entrepreneurship, technology […]…
“Shareholder Activism” Has Gone Too Far at General Motors
We used to call them “greenmailers.” Guys like Carl Icahn. They would take positions in companies and then agitate for changes in management that would quickly make them more money. Then they would sell out. They were parasites. These days, the greenmailers have embraced the terminology of the shareholder activist movement. They talk about “unlocking […]…
My tribute to Roy Rowan at the OPC annual awards dinner, with a musical twist
Let’s Help Wal-Mart Help America
Having interviewed Wal-Mart for this story last August, I’m convinced that this is not just a PR exercise. They are serious about achieving their goal of buying an additional $250 billion worth of goods made in America. The reason is not pure altruism. The reason is that the economics of offshore sourcing have shifted, as Harry […]…
