Category: International Business
Alexander, Elmore R. (2018). NAFTA, Globalization and Free Trade: Can the U.S. Maintain Leadership in the World Economy?. Bridgewater Review, 37(1), 11-15. Available at: http://vc.bridgew.edu/br_rev/vol37/iss1/5 Introduction In 2002 in an MBA course on global management at Philadelphia University, I identified competitive congressional races where globalization was relevant. The students developed comprehensive analyses of the candidates’ positions…
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| 06/22/2017 | 8:17 AM Recently, our flight center experienced what, in aviation lingo, is called an “incident.” A student and a flight instructor took off for an instrument training session. As they climbed into the ceiling at about 800 feet, they were handed over from the airport control tower to air traffic control. Air…
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While it is clear from my last several blogs that I believe that automation will drive a major restructuring of the world economy, I do not think that we are facing an end to work as we know it. As I argued in my last blog, driverless trucks will create new jobs and demand new…
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There’s much talk these days about productivity and production. I’ve blogged previously on this topic. US productivity peaked with the “Dot.Com Bubble” and has been very weak since 2010.[i] A possible resurgence, according to many, lies in artificial intelligence and robotics. On the other hand, these very innovations that could increase productivity and competitiveness may displace more…
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In a recent blog, I talked about the impact of increased automation and robotics on jobs in the logistics industry. While jobs numbers attract the most attention both within the industry and in the popular press, the more significant and complicated issue relates to the impact on the structure of the logistics industry itself. A…
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OPINION | ELMORE ALEXANDER Donald Trump shouldn’t scrap NAFTA AP/GLOBE STAFF By Elmore Alexander DECEMBER 13, 2016 The presidential election exposed deep fissures in the country over whether NAFTA and other free trade agreements benefit the United States or have accelerated job losses. With the election of Donald Trump, we now face the possibility…
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By Elmore Alexander | 11/14/2016 | Originally published in http://blogs.dcvelocity.com/management/ I just returned from a week-long trip to Germany where I was working with a German university on a partnership in global logistics—one that would link Bridgewater State University with universities in Germany, England, Malaysia, and Vietnam. Seeing the culmination of the US presidential election from…
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By Elmore Alexander | 10/21/2016 | 6:43 AM | (See full blog at http://blogs.dcvelocity.com/management/) Interestingly, the NAFTA debate of the current election cycle has focused primarily on US–Mexico trade generally ignoring the US–Canadian relationship. Sometimes we forget how significant this latter relationship is[i]: The largest bilateral trading relationship in the world—approaching three-quarters of a trillion…
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| 09/19/2016 | 1:05 PM | see complete blog at blog.dcvelocity.com If you followed my recommendation to check out Parag Khanna’s new book Connetography, and were frustrated to find it to be a dense, academic read, you will be pleased with my latest recommendation, Door to Door. The author, Edward Humes, is definitely more geared to popular writing…
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By Elmore Alexander | 08/28/2016 | 8:29 AM (see full blog on blogs.dcvelocity.com) Any visit to China is striking. The size of everything is overwhelming. The contrast of old and new is striking. If you’re revisiting, the obvious growth is a shock. If, as was the case for me, the time span between visits…
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