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IndustryWeek March 1, 2008 David Blanchard	The Biggest Challenges Facing Manufacturers -- IndustryWeek's 2008 Salary Survey Responses Offshore competition. Finding and retaining skilled labor. Rising costs. Government regulations. Sound familiar? Manufacturing managers share many of the same headaches and confront common challenges.
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Finance & Development March 1, 2006 Baily & Farrell	Breaking Down Barriers to Growth Encouraging competition is key to reviving stalled industrial economies.
HBS Working Knowledge January 22, 2007 Michael Roberts	The Immigrant Technologist: Studying Technology Transfer with China Professor William Kerr discusses the phenomena of technology transfer and implications for U.S.-based businesses and policymakers.
Finance & Development March 2008 David T. Coe	Jobs on Another Shore Outsourcing of service jobs to other countries could affect industrial countries' economies and attitudes toward globalization.
BusinessWeek March 22, 2004	Productivity: Who Wins, Who Loses The U.S. is reaping big -- but uneven -- gains from its highly efficient workforce
Knowledge@Wharton January 29, 2003	China Can Help the U.S. Tackle Its Social Security Crisis Much has been written about the looming pension crisis in the U.S., Europe and Japan, whose populations are aging. Wharton finance professor Jeremy J. Siegel argues that economic growth in China and the rest of the developing world holds the key to dealing with the impending crunch.
Reason July 2004 Brink Lindsey	10 Truths About Trade Is globalization sending the best American jobs overseas? Hard facts about offshoring, imports, and jobs.
HBS Working Knowledge June 5, 2006	Readers Respond: How Important Is the "Service Sector Effect" on Productivity? I sometimes feel that we are racing to the bottom to provide products and services at lower prices... What are worker benefits? We all strive for health, wealth, and fulfilling leisure... The service sector effect on productivity is substantial and will grow over time... etc.
HBS Working Knowledge October 10, 2005	Readers Respond: What's the Future of Globally Organized Labor? Some readers believe unions are on their way out because of market pressures and ineffectiveness, while others think they provides a valuable service and can adapt to changing conditions.
Finance & Development March 2009 Lipschitz et al.	The Domestic Solution Can China's growth be sustained through good-neighbor policies?
Real Estate Portfolio Jan/Feb 2004 Anatole Pevnev	Looking For Job Growth? Try Bangalore The outsourcing trend and what it means for the office real estate market
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Finance & Development March 2011 Lora & Pages	Face-to-Face with Productivity It is not lack of investment but inefficient production that holds back Latin American incomes.
BusinessWeek January 26, 2004 Michael J. Mandel	So Where Are The Jobs? Maybe They're Not On The Way Continued weakness in the labor market raises the question of whether the link between job growth and gross-domestic-product growth, which economists have long accepted, has been broken.
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Finance & Development June 1, 2007 Jaumotte & Tytell	Globalization of Labor Globalization is a vital force sustaining world growth, but policymakers need to ensure that all people benefit by strengthening access to education and training, adopting adequate social safety nets, and improving the functioning of labor markets.
BusinessWeek June 20, 2005 Michael J. Mandel	The End Of Upward Mobility? Not On Your Life Bleak stories aside, both rich and poor advanced over the past decade.
Global Services August 8, 2008 Blackman & Schweyer	Proposition: Competitiveness of Rich Countries Workers in Decline There has been an ongoing notion that outsourcing causes dearth of employment opportunities for citizens in rich countries. They are becoming less productive and less educated than workforces in developing nations. How true is this fact?
Finance & Development June 2011	Closing the Jobs Gap High youth unemployment contributes to widespread unrest in the Middle East.
IndustryWeek June 1, 2007 David Blanchard	The Face Of American Manufacturing The United States is the world's most productive country, but the global landscape has changed dramatically in recent years and even more changes are on the way.
Inc. March 2005 Ted C. Fishman	How China Will Change Your Business Fourteen things every entrepreneur should know about the capitalist explosion heading our way. But don't assume that conceding China's rise means conceding to China.
The Motley Fool November 3, 2006 Dan Caplinger	Know Your Numbers: Productivity Productivity figures released by the BLS provide a rare look at the quality of economic activity within the economy. Keeping track of changes in productivity levels can give you an indication of the sustainability of economic growth that other types of economic data can't duplicate.
HBS Working Knowledge June 19, 2006 Jim Heskett	Summing Up: How Important Is the "Service Sector Effect" on Productivity? Readers respond: Do increases in social sector productivity, which seem to prevail at least in the U.S., benefit consumers at the expense of workers? Or is the scale weighted in favor of the latter who may benefit two ways, in terms of both an income stream from increased employment and lower costs?
Finance & Development March 1, 2003 Edward Gardner	Wanted: More Jobs High unemployment in the MENA region presents formidable challenges for policymakers
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National Real Estate Investor February 4, 2004 Matt Valley	Don't Begrudge India for Its Job Gains, Says Economist With job creation in the U.S. still rather anemic, should America fret about service jobs being exported to India? The answer is no, says Tony Pierson, an economist with CIGNA Realty Investors, who argues the long-term effects are positive for consumers and Corporate America.
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