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The 4 Types of Small Businesses, and Why Each One Matters

Harvard Business Review

These are companies like Hooven-Dayton in Miamisburg, Ohio which provides labels for Tide and Mr. Clean products. corporations and for companies considering moving production back to the U.S. For example, a research and supplier park established in Prince George, Virginia in 2010 was part of bringing Rolls Royce production to the area.

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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. The gains in manufacturing productivity at both multinationals and other U.S. economy, these trends are alarming.

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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. In short, every company benefits from “the commons,” the set of communal resources that allow firms and workers to be productive. Competitiveness Project.