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Priorities for Jumpstarting the U.S. Industrial Economy

Harvard Business Review

Steel did in an earlier era of manufacturing, Aquion and innovative firms like it are spearheading economic and employment growth across the country. Aquion is a modern success story for American industry. The first priority must be a renewed commitment to innovation. But just as U.S.

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Businesses Can No Longer Avoid Becoming Political

Harvard Business Review

The successful ones have, at least. Rather than being undercut by new, lower-cost competitors in rapidly developing economies, such as China and India, companies have globalized their supply chains or offshored their production. Donald Trump won the U.S. Economic nationalism is resurgent in Europe as well.