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Innovation & Entrepreneurship with a Latin Flavor For the past six months or so, I’ve been engaged in a couple of projects examining innovation and entrepreneurship policies in Latin America. 
Shale Energy Boom = Manufacturing Boom? The emergence of new shale gas and oil resources has been one of the most important economic trends of the past several years.  The
Letter from Mid-Coast Maine Last month, my family made our annual vacation pilgrimage up to mid-coast Maine.  Maine is a beautiful and fascinating place, but it faces a daunting host
Connecting Town and Gown For the past few months, I’ve been on something of a Spring College Town Tour.  Work and family events have taken me on the road to
New Directions in Business Development: Rethinking Customer Service Remember Reinventing Government?  Then-Vice President Al Gore’s plan to transform the public sector never fully lived up to its hype, but it
What’s Next for Cleantech America’s cleantech industries—those that help improve performance while reducing environmental impacts or using natural resources more efficiently---have been on a bit of roller coaster ride in
Social Impact Bonds and their Potential in the US In August, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the first large US experiment with the use of social impact bonds (SIBs).  
Buy American and Regional Development: Emerging Opportunities in Rail Transportation When President Obama entered office and subsequently devoted a large share of federal stimulus funds to high speed rail (HSR),
The Return of Defense Downsizing:  So, Now What? It’s been a pretty long time since many American communities have had to deal with the issues of defense downsizing, i.e. the
More Resources on the 1099 Economy Our last newsletter and a series of recent blog postings have focused on what’s happening in the 1099 Economy. This term refers to the growing number of American