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Mandel on Innovation and Growth
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Mandel on Innovation and Growth. AT&T’s Investment Challenge to Corporate America. November 8, 2012. The economy is improving, but the U.S. is still struggling with an investment drought. Capital spending by business is 26% below the long-term trend, and has not yet recovered to pre-recession levels. By comparison, personal consumption has topped its pre-recession levels, and is much closer to the long-term trend. Against that backdrop, it is notable that AT&T announced yesterday that it expected. Truthf...
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Which States Are Winning the Business R&D Race? – Mandel on Innovation and Growth
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Mandel on Innovation and Growth. Which States Are Winning the Business R&D Race? November 17, 2012. The National Science Foundation collects and releases a veritable fire hose of science- and innovation-related statistics that never get the attention that they deserve.* For example, earlier this year the NSF published a study. Entitled “Businesses Concentrate Their R&D in a Small Number of Geographic Areas in the United States.”. Also a surprise is Michigan’s continued high ranking. Auto indust...Which i...
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Michael Mandel – Mandel on Innovation and Growth
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Mandel on Innovation and Growth. Where I am Blogging/Writing Now. January 7, 2014. Most of you have probably realized that I am no longer actively posting to this blog, which was started in late 2009 after I left. My writing/blogging is now mainly divided between two venues. As chief economic strategist at the Progressive Policy Institute. As president of South Mountain Economics. I regularly speak around the country. On February 13, 2014, I will be the keynote speaker at the annual meeting. June 17, 2013.
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NYT Article on App Economy Understates Jobs Impact – Mandel on Innovation and Growth
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Mandel on Innovation and Growth. NYT Article on App Economy Understates Jobs Impact. November 18, 2012. As most of you know, I spent years as chief economist and lead economics writer for BusinessWeek. And I have utmost respect for the difficult task that journalists face under deadline pressure. Having said that, I feel that the NYT article As Boom Lures App Creators, Tough Part Is Making a Living. Understates the jobs impact of the App Economy in three ways. In our research, we have found that one of t...
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Where I am Blogging/Writing Now – Mandel on Innovation and Growth
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Mandel on Innovation and Growth. Where I am Blogging/Writing Now. January 7, 2014. Most of you have probably realized that I am no longer actively posting to this blog, which was started in late 2009 after I left. My writing/blogging is now mainly divided between two venues. As chief economic strategist at the Progressive Policy Institute. As president of South Mountain Economics. I regularly speak around the country. On February 13, 2014, I will be the keynote speaker at the annual meeting. I like it wh...
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Real Estate After Ten Years – Mandel on Innovation and Growth
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Mandel on Innovation and Growth. Real Estate After Ten Years. July 18, 2010. We’ve just had the biggest boom and bust in real history in recent history. Nevertheless, real estate has still greatly outperformed the stock market over the past ten years. The bust was not enough to wipe out the early gains. That’s just interesting. Laquo; On Innovation, Jobs, and the Coming Communications Boom. Is the Stimulus Large or Small? July 18, 2010 at 9:24 am. Maybe the bust hasn’t finished. July 19, 2010 at 11:25 am.
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Fast broadband enables tech job growth in Kansas City – Mandel on Innovation and Growth
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Mandel on Innovation and Growth. Fast broadband enables tech job growth in Kansas City. November 15, 2012. The WSJ has a great article. Entitled “City’s Tech Pioneers See Strength in Numbers.” The article discusses how the new ultrafast broadband being built by Google in Kansas City is already encouraging startups. We found that app economy jobs were being created in every state, even without the impetus of ultrafast broadband. With the right policies, there could be a massive economic renaissance bu...
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Tech Investment Still Rising, Despite WSJ Story – Mandel on Innovation and Growth
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Mandel on Innovation and Growth. Tech Investment Still Rising, Despite WSJ Story. November 19, 2012. This morning the WSJ ran a story. Entitled “Investment Falls Off a Cliff: U.S. Companies Cut Spending Plans Amid Fiscal and Economic Uncertainty.” The story argued that:. Nationwide, business investment in equipment and software a measure of economic vitality in the corporate sector stalled in the third quarter for the first time since early 2009. Laquo; NYT Article on App Economy Understates Jobs Impact.
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Innovation Failure – Mandel on Innovation and Growth
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Mandel on Innovation and Growth. October 5, 2010. The NSF has just come out with its latest report. On innovation, and it’s a doozy. Basically, the NSF asked companies whether they engaged in product and/or process innovation, and here’s what they found out. Only 9% of companies engaged in product innovation in 2006-08. Only 9% of companies engaged in process innovation over the same period. Only 8% of finance/insurance firm reported a product or process innovation in 2006-2008. Up the survey as well....
