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Creating Jobs

22-07-2010

We've always argued here that Globalisation has been an unmitigated disaster for the West. So it was good to see Andy Grove, co-founder of Intel, publish this article recently at Bloomberg. He emphasises the priority of creating jobs and employing people, as the basis for a functioning society and an industrial future. It's a good read, informed by the experiences of someone who went from a man with a start-up to global corporate executive. Country of origin still counts, which is what we've been saying all along. Thanks to Jessica DuLong at mfgcrunch for the link.

Category: Country Of Origin




June Round-Up

01-07-2010

If you take a wider view of manufacturing, I hope this brief round up of recent articles you might have missed might be useful to you, especially if you keep an eye on the China front. You might find this profile in the UK Daily Mail of Taiwan's...

Category: Country Of Origin

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Billionaire Prophecies

20-06-2010

There was a fascinating interview with Chinese property billionaire Zhang Zin today on CNN's GPS, Fareed Zakaria's programme. Zhang Zin is the CEO of SOHO China, a very successful property empire. In it, she predicts that China can't continue as the outsourcing...

Category: China

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Big Trouble In China ...?

17-06-2010

While the US stares financial oblivion in the face, and Western Europe starts to wonder if the Euro was such a well thought-through idea after all, it may come as a surprise to some to learn that all is not well in the Far East either. You can read an...

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