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Southeast ports jostle for region's import/export business
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Venture capital investment: Emerging force in the Southeast
Venture capital investment throughout the United States and in the Southeast in particular has grown dramatically in recent years. Pensions funds, bank holding companies, insurance companies, investment banks, and nonfinancial institutions all invest venture capital in pursuit of high returns and as a means of diversifying investment risks. However, returns from such investment have been mixed over the industry's relatively short history. As more and more large institutional investors pour increasing amounts of assets into venture capital and as state and local governments seek to attract ...
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Now and then: Dissecting regional differences during recessions
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Nation and southeast set for modest recovery in 2002
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The Southeastern auto industry: Moving into the fast lane
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Investing in human capital should be Southeast’s priority
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Structural booms: why the South grows
Since the end of the 1991 recession, almost 27 percent of all new jobs in the United States have been created in the six southeastern states that make up the Sixth Federal Reserve District. What accounts for this strong relative economic performance in the region? ; This article examines the forces behind the South's economic strength and looks ahead at the course of its economic development in terms of three alternative approaches--the industrial base, the convergence, and the structuralist models. In evaluating the models' usefulness for thinking about why regions grow, the author finds the ...
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Economic development: a regional challenge for the heartland