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Can the U.S. Become a Base for Serving the Global Economy?

Harvard Business Review

The evidence indicates that the United States is losing its ability to attract and expand the operations of multinationals and their significant contributions to productivity growth, innovation, and high-wage employment. private-sector research and development. private sector rose in the 1990s, but then fell in the 2000s. of all U.S.

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How Companies Can Help Rebuild America’s Common Resources

Harvard Business Review

Every company needs infrastructure – roads, bridges, ports – and every company benefits from the new technologies made possible by basic scientific research. Starting around 1980, however, shifts in technology, geopolitics, and governance changed the game. Every company benefits from an educated populace.