Browsing Tag
Talent
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Revenge of the Rabenmutter: No Sex for You
You want to know which places are dying or failing? Look at the educational attainment rates of women.
Failure of Place and Economic Development
How economic developers mistakenly frame human capital issues.
Tech Talent Recruiting Geography
The Innovation Economy peaked with the last financial crisis. In the emerging epoch—the Talent Economy—the competition among companies like Google and Facebook for the same pool of ideas makers will reshape our cities.
Silicon Valley’s New Jersey Problem
Like New Jersey in the 1960s, Silicon Valley is now just as dependent, if not more so, on talent produced outside of the region.
Fleeing Los Angeles for Harrisburg
Ironic migration: An emerging trend in which talent leaves some of the most unexpected places.
Michael Bloomberg’s Zero-Sum Worldview
If the mayor of New York City actually believes in brain drain—and that "being cool counts"—then he should be more concerned about the 1.3 million people that left his metro area between 2000 and 2010.
Germany’s Demographic Bust
The population is shrinking and German companies need talent, but the country has always had a strained relationship with immigrants.
The Magic of Cities
Just what is it about big cities—New York, Boston, Houston, Los Angeles—that leads to greater innovation and productivity?
Diversity Cult
Ethnic and racial diversity locked up in poor neighborhoods on Chicago's South Side does little good for the regional economy. So why do many blindly associate ethnic diversity with economic development?