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LEWIS: School choice plan is an expensive overreach
Texas lawmakers are once again pushing a school voucher plan under the guise of “school choice,” but the numbers tell a different story. House Bill 3 (HB 3) proposes an Education Savings Account (ESA or vouchers) program that would provide families with up to $10,500 per student to attend private schools or $2,000 for homeschool.
Why Do Kearney Entrepreneurs Excel?
Home > NE > Kearney > Education, Careers & Opportunity > Why Do Kearney Entrepreneurs Excel? Two well-known Kearney entrepreneurs couldn’t be less alike. Jonah Staab is a 20-something social media influencer and inventor, and Cory Morris is the owner of a traditional retail business, Gary Michael’s Clothiers, plus he operates a boutique bookkeeping firm. Despite their differences, they have something very important in common.
Developments in Kearney, NE, to Bring Positive Effects
Home > NE > Kearney > Education, Careers & Opportunity > Developments in Kearney, NE, to Bring Positive Effects City of Kearney Park & Recreation Department While Kearney residents are met with a high quality of life, the new Kearney SportsPlex is expected to make it skyrocket. Not to mention, it should have a similar effect on the local economy. The SportsPlex is one of many great new developments in Kearney, NE. “It’s a game changer,” say SportsPlex manager Lauren Brandt.
Investing in Winston-Salem, NC
Home > NC > Winston Salem > Education, Careers & Opportunity > Investing in Winston-Salem, NC Businesses looking for the ideal place to locate new facilities or expand existing operations are putting Greater Winston-Salem at the top of their list, and it’s easy to see why. The area boasts a sturdy economy, innovative industries, affordability, a strong talent pool and a quality of life that employees and employers love.
Distinctive Developments Are Shaping the Future of the Nashville Region
Home > TN > Nashville > Education, Careers & Opportunity > Distinctive Developments Are Shaping the Future of the Nashville Region ©Journal Communications/Jeff Adkins The Nashville Region’s newest mixed-use developments are creating distinctive neighborhoods and residential, office, shopping and entertainment destinations reaching from the heart of the city to the suburbs.
Why Okaloosa County, FL, Is a Great Place to Build or Advance a Career
Home > FL > Fort Walton Beach > Education, Careers & Opportunity > Why Okaloosa County, FL, Is a Great Place to Build or Advance a Career Thanks to a vast collection of higher education institutions, like Northwest Florida State College and Okaloosa Technical College, and industry-leading employers, Okaloosa County is a destination for anyone looking to build or advance their career.
Searching for a Great Place to Do Business?
Home > TN > Franklin > Education, Careers & Opportunity > Searching for a Great Place to Do Business? Gutterglove was ready to move from California, but first, the company had to find a new headquarters location with a great quality of life that would make recruiting and retaining top talent a breeze. Williamson County quickly rose to the top of Gutterglove’s locations list, just as it did for Kaiser Aluminum, In-N-Out Burger and a host of other companies.
LEWIS: The pricey illusion of school vouchers in Texas
As Texas approaches the 2025 legislative session, discussions involving terms like “school choice,” “educational savings accounts,” and “voucher programs” are intensifying. Proponents of these programs argue that tax-dollar-funded measures would give parents more control over their child’s education, potentially creating competition for public schools.
Oak Ridge Businesses Lead the Way in Workforce Diversity and Inclusion
Home > TN > Oak Ridge > Education, Careers & Opportunity > Oak Ridge Businesses Lead the Way in Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Community-led workforce initiatives that promote diversity and inclusion are helping the Oak Ridge region navigate the shifting currents of the economy and creating new opportunities for residents who make up the talent pool.
Working Together For Better Jobs in Prattville, AL
Home > AL > Prattville > Education, Careers & Opportunity > Working Together For Better Jobs in Prattville, AL Though communities across the U.S. prioritize economic and workforce development, a collaborative approach is being used to focus on high quality jobs in Prattville, AL – and at the helm is the Prattville Area Chamber of Commerce. In January 2020, the chamber launched the Prattville Area Industry Council to help serve local industry needs and assist with job fairs and hiring employees.
Seeking a Great Place to Do Business? Put Shawnee On Your List
Home > KS > Shawnee > Education, Careers & Opportunity > Seeking a Great Place to Do Business? Put Shawnee On Your List iStock.com/Neustockimages Industry-leading manufacturers are choosing Shawnee as the place to grow. Plus, they are recommending the city to companies looking for a business-friendly location with a full talent pipeline and an unmatched quality of life. “I would highly recommend Shawnee to other businesses looking for a conducive environment to thrive and grow.
Leaders in Puyallup and Sumner: Making a Big Difference
Home > WA > Puyallup > Education, Careers & Opportunity > Leaders in Puyallup and Sumner: Making a Big Difference Old Cannery Furniture Warehouse Growing up in the Puyallup/Sumner region was a magical experience that shaped the lives of three of the area’s most ardent supporters. Now, these leaders in Puyallup and Sumner are returning the favor, determined to improve the lives of their neighbors and those of future generations.
Built to Last: Marshalltown's History of Innovation
Home > Uncategorized > Built to Last: Marshalltown’s History of Innovation Businesses known for their creativity in Marshalltown are building on their records of innovation, focusing on new products that have the potential to transform their industries and make the world safer and more sustainable. HVAC company Lennox was founded in Marshalltown in 1895 and continues introducing energy-efficient climate control systems for homes and commercial settings.
5 Industries That Are Thriving in Houston County, GA
Home > GA > Warner Robins > Education, Careers & Opportunity > 5 Industries That Are Thriving in Houston County, GA Innovative businesses are investing, growing and creating jobs throughout Houston County and the Robins Region, where they enjoy the advantages of a skilled workforce bolstered by the area’s proximity to Robins Air Force Base. Aerospace, food processing and manufacturing, distribution and logistics, agribusiness, and advanced manufacturing are some of the industries thriving here.
4 Manufacturing Businesses That are Booming in Chattanooga
Home > TN > Chattanooga > Education, Careers & Opportunity > 4 Manufacturing Businesses That are Booming in Chattanooga UPDATE: Check out our new 2024 Best Cities to Live in the U.S. list. On any given day, production facilities in Greater Chattanooga are rolling out energy-efficient automobiles, innovative household appliances and food products that feed people across the country. It’s the region’s impressive business climate that keeps the supply chain steady.
Manufacturing Magnet: How Chattanooga is Fueling the Future Workforce
Home > TN > Chattanooga > Education, Careers & Opportunity > Manufacturing Magnet: How Chattanooga is Fueling the Future Workforce UPDATE: Check out our new 2024 Best Cities to Live in the U.S. list. ©Journal Communications/Nathan Lambrecht Manufacturing strengthens the economy and creates well-paying jobs across Greater Chattanooga, where a growing number of initiatives match companies with high school and college students looking for career opportunities.
Excellent Assets Fuel Manufacturing in Dayton Region
Home > OH > Dayton > Education, Careers & Opportunity > Excellent Assets Fuel Manufacturing in Dayton Region UPDATE: Check out our new 2024 Best Cities to Live in the U.S. list. Dayton Region Manufacturers Association There’s a reason it’s not unusual to hear the expression “made in Dayton.” Actually, there are more than 130,000 reasons. That’s the number of people employed by the nearly 2,500 companies involved in manufacturing in Dayton and the surrounding communities.
Auto Manufacturing in Rutherford County Is on a Roll
Home > TN > Murfreesboro > Education, Careers & Opportunity > Auto Manufacturing in Rutherford County Is on a Roll UPDATE: Check out our new 2024 Best Cities to Live in the U.S. list. When the first vehicle – a white pickup truck – rolled off the assembly line at Nissan’s Smyrna plant in June 1983, it put Rutherford County on the path to becoming a major player in the nation’s auto manufacturing industry.
Advanced Manufacturing Companies Impacting Pennsylvania
Home > PA > Education, Careers & Opportunity > Advanced Manufacturing Companies Impacting Pennsylvania Advanced manufacturing reigns in Pennsylvania, as businesses of all types and sizes continue to find success building and expanding in and relocating to the state. And while the Keystone State is home to industry leaders worldwide, many of its companies also have major impacts on their communities and beyond.
Columbus, GA: A Premier Destination for Companies
Home > GA > Columbus > Education, Careers & Opportunity > Columbus, GA: A Premier Destination for Companies Success in business begins with effectively recruiting talented employees. For some of Georgia’s best-known businesses, having their headquarters in Columbus gives them a competitive advantage. The city’s superior quality of life attracts qualified candidates looking for the right place to build their careers.
Women-Owned Businesses Thrive in this City
Home > NC > Elizabeth City > Education, Careers & Opportunity > Women-Owned Businesses Thrive in this City A growing community of women-owned small businesses in Elizabeth City is strengthening the region’s economy and leading the transformation of the historic downtown into a destination for shopping, dining and entertainment.
Whatever happened to the new economy?
Reports of the New Economy's demise have been greatly exaggerated. Evidence from both the US and Europe indicates that IT was and is important to productivity growth, but that its primary role is as an enabler of innovation and competition. The shift from embrace to repudiation of a "new economy" has been rapid and dramatic. Before the NASDAQ bubble burst, assertions abounded that IT and the Internet were changing everything.
India: The growth imperative
This study represents MGI's first attempt to scrutinize one of the world's poorest developing economies. It reveals how product market reform, along with privatization, jump-start India's growth. This study represents MGI's first attempt to scrutinize one of the world's poorest developing economies. It reveals how product market reform, along with privatization, jump-start India's growth.
Why the Japanese economy is not growing: Retail sector
In Japan, one person in ten works in the retail industry, but productivity is low. Several barriers prevent more efficient, large-scale retailers from boosting overall productivity. If these barriers were removed, the Japanese retail industry could more than triple its annual productivity growth rate. In Japan, one person in ten works in the retail industry, but productivity is low. Several barriers prevent more efficient, large-scale retailers from boosting overall productivity.
Why the Japanese economy is not growing: Health care sector
While the health care system in Japan offers low-cost care to patients, it provides undistinguished service when compared with international benchmarks. Currently, there is little competition in each of the markets that make up the health care system. Japan could dramatically improve the performance of its health care sector by replacing the current fee-for-service system and creating a level and competitive playing field for hospitals.
Why the Japanese economy is not growing: Residential construction sector
In Japan, construction companies rarely compete on price, requiring consumers to amass substantial savings before they can afford a single-family home. Encouraging a secondary housing market and establishing standard designs, methods, and materials would give the residential construction industry the push it needs to become more productive. In Japan, construction companies rarely compete on price, requiring consumers to amass substantial savings before they can afford a single-family home.
Why the Japanese economy is not growing: Food processing sector
While food processing is one of Japan's major manufacturing sectors, companies in this fragmented industry suffer from a lack of scale. Consolidation and increased competition would be healthy for the industry, increasing productivity without sacrificing freshness or product variety. While food processing is one of Japan's major manufacturing sectors, companies in this fragmented industry suffer from a lack of scale.
Why the Japanese economy is not growing
Japan's primary challenge is to increase its capital and labor productivity. The purpose of this study is to understand the reasons for Japan's dismal economic performance in the 1990s and help policy makers prioritize reforms. To achieve this, MGI analyzed Japan's output and productivity gap relative to the US. Objectives and Approach The purpose of this study is to understand the reasons for Japan's dismal economic performance in the 1990s and help policy makers prioritize reforms.
Driving productivity and growth in the UK economy
The United Kingdom's output per capita ranked last among G7 countries in the mid-1990s. The chief causes were low levels of competitive intensity, product market and land use regulations, and, in some cases, managerial practices. The United Kingdom's output per capita ranked last among G7 countries in the mid-1990s. The chief causes were low levels of competitive intensity, product market and land use regulations, and, in some cases, managerial practices.
Productivity: The key to an accelerated development path for Brazil
Brazil's economy enjoyed strong growth up until 1980 and has been stagnant through the '90s. Rapid growth can be reestablished with a policy effort focused on increasing productivity and enhancing competitive intensity while also controlling inflation. Synthesis The synthesis summarizes the productivity levels and causal factors in each of the case studies for this report. These findings are then used to assess potential productivity growth rates for the overall economy.
Productivity led growth for Korea
The factors that generated growth in South Korea for 25 years actually impeded the country's ability to recover from its 1997 financial crisis. Deregulating services, lowering import and foreign direct investment barriers, and improving corporate governance could bring the economy back. The factors that generated growth in South Korea for 25 years actually impeded the country's ability to recover from its 1997 financial crisis.
Removing barriers to growth and employment in France and Germany
Sluggish growth in the mid-1990s threatened France and West Germany's prosperity. This report shows that the main barriers to growth were product market regulations that stifled innovation and high minimum wages that discouraged hiring. Sluggish growth in the mid-1990s threatened France and West Germany's prosperity. This report shows that the main barriers to growth were product market regulations that stifled innovation and high minimum wages that discouraged hiring.
Capital productivity
Significant differences in capital productivity exist across nations. This report suggests that US capital productivity exceeds Germany's and Japan's because managers in the US have greater incentives and face stronger market pressures. Objectives and approach Capital productivity is an important factor in explaining material standards of living and is at the heart of determining rates of return.
Australia's economic performance
Economic reforms in the '80s and '90s did little to improve Australia's relative performance. This report reviews the main reasons for this shortfall, including unfavorable regulatory policies and shortfalls in the innovation levels of some companies. Economic reforms in the '80s and '90s did little to improve Australia's relative performance. This report reviews the main reasons for this shortfall, including unfavorable regulatory policies and shortfalls in the innovation levels of some companies.
Employment performance
Unemployment is viewed as a serious problem in many industrial nations, but the reasons for it are not well understood. Among MGI's findings across seven industries is that Japan and the US have lower rates of unemploymen than European countries because they have created jobs in the market part of the economy. Unemployment is viewed as a serious problem in many industrial nations, but the reasons for it are not well understood.
The global capital market: Supply, demand, pricing, and allocation
This report suggests that a global capital market is forming, one that moves capital efficiently across national borders to meet demand in other parts of the world. Our research indicates potential for a "coincidence of needs" between developed and developing economies that can promote prosperity for both. This report suggests that a global capital market is forming, one that moves capital efficiently across national borders to meet demand in other parts of the world.
Latin American productivity
Since the late 1980s, Latin American countries have begun a major shift toward more market-oriented economies. After decades of protectionism, government intervention and high inflation one country after another is following the path of fiscal discipline, deregulation, and privatization. Though labor productivity levels have remained low, many opportunities for improved performance are available to the managers willing to adopt them.
Service sector productivity
Though some may have doubted it, the US led the world in service sector productivity in the early 1990s. MGI discovered that variations in productivity across countries and sectors resulted from how managers responded to the intensity of competition they faced. Though some may have doubted it, the US led the world in service sector productivity in the early 1990s.
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