Airbus Outlines Its Global COVID-19 Response
Aerospace Industries Association President and CEO Eric Fanning urges action on relief legislation and public-private partnership.
July 2020
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How Small Businesses in the Heartland Are Coping
Panelists at a recent Brookings Institution event discuss how Main Street businesses are reinventing themselves in rural Virginia and Michigan.
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On the Front Lines
As e-commerce surges in step with the virus, so does cold chain.
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Depleted Tax Coffers Could Cause Shift in Incentive Policy
While the country battles the coronavirus, state and local governments will be squeezed financially — just like so many businesses and households.
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Could a Post-Pandemic National Industrial Strategy Advance the Cause of Advanced Manufacturing?
A new report urges the U.S. government to develop a national industrial strategy.
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Survey Reveals Manufacturers’ Post-Pandemic Plans
Supply chain managers are recalibrating a moving target like never before.
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A World Turned Upside Down
The food supply bent but didn’t break. The strongest will survive.
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Work from Anywhere?
COVID-19 is disrupting traditional office use and dispersing workers around the country.
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Voices Worth Heeding
Like many of our readers’ organizations, we shifted focus in response to the pandemic, scrapping our previous plans in order to devote our July issue to covering the world’s response and recovery strategies.
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Where Problems are Solved
Companies, communities and institutions have rallied around the life sciences in the Land of Enchantment.
Hyperscale or Hyper Scale-Back?
The best location right now for cloud service providers? Everywhere.
We Are Part of the Fix
The spotlight moves to corporate America.
Zooming Into Secondary Hubs
Why Zoom and Microsoft picked markets outside the usual global ‘Top 20.’
Investment Profiles
Cradle of Cures
Greater Philadelphia is a center of excellence in cell and gene therapies.
Soft Landings: Foreign Firms Find a Foothold in Charlotte
In 2019, 25 foreign companies added a total of 1,300+ jobs and $203 million in capital investment in metro Charlotte, a region responsible for $13.8 billion in total exports in 2019.
The 3D City Strikes Back
Additive manufacturers in Pflugerville respond swiftly to COVID-19.
Smooth Sailing
A polycentric region built around a multi-faceted port offers a model for how economic clusters work.
Departments
IAMC Insider: Take the High Road
IAMC Chair Colleen Caravati on taking the high road; and insights on getting back to work from trucking firm Werner Enterprises, Hershey Company and the Arkansas Economic Development Commission.
Editor’s View: ‘Wonderful in Their Own Ways’ Doesn’t Keep Businesses in Town
Editor in Chief Mark Arend says business leaders in some areas have a lot more to battle against than a pandemic.
Area Spotlights
Everything Will Be OK
Oklahoma launches new programs to spur economic recovery across the state.
How Arkansas Saved 100,000 Jobs
Measured, data-driven approach guides state’s COVID-19 response, official says.
Roadmap to Recovery: How Louisiana Is Doing It
From virtual site tours to adjusting workforce training, from water technology to the oil and gas sector, you can learn a lot from a conversation with Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson.
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