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by Raye Elizabeth Ward A super-fast national Internet exclusively for urban America? That’s the scenario that comes to mind in reading the Defense Innovation Board‘s report on 5G, the next […]

20Jun

Business and Culture: Transatlantic Business Leaders Offer Advice, Wearing High Heels

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by Raye Elizabeth Ward Five business leaders walked onto the stage of the Texas-EU Summit to talk about managing transatlantic businesses. Two run European units based in the United States; […]

10Jun

Austin, Texas: A Case Study in Managing Competitive Crises

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By Raye Elizabeth Ward Three things are clear about the future: technology will determine competitiveness; talent comes in all colors, nationalities and genders; and the problems are too big, too […]

05Jun

Do Tariffs Make Us More Competitive?

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By Raye Elizabeth Ward David Firestein dropped by last week’s “World Spins” session to reassure us that at about $1 trillion, give or take a few million, the U.S.-China trade relationship […]

20May

Taking Care of Business as Titans Clash

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By Raye Elizabeth Ward In the titanic trade clash between China and the United States, Tyler Johnson’s is a calm, sane voice. But then he is a businessman, and businessmen […]

18Feb

The Role of Diplomacy and Development in Reducing Insecurity

The world is experiencing a 25-year peak in violent conflict, trapping millions of innocent families in cycles of poverty and displacement and leading to costly and prolonged U.S. military and humanitarian […]

04Feb

Brexit in the Bardo

By Raye Elizabeth Ward As I made my way to the Capital Factory, that go-go hive of entrepreneurial-ism in the center of Austin, to hear what the U.K. Dept. of […]

01Jan

What will it take to make us safe?

By Raye Elizabeth Ward We expect our government to keep us safe. The Constitution cites “providing for the common defense” as part of the reason to even have a government. […]

09Dec

The Outing of Climate Change: How About a Policy

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By Raye Elizabeth Ward This week saw the follow-on meeting to the Paris Climate Accord. The news is not good; or, as the Washington Post put it, “We are in trouble.” […]

23Oct

SXSW comes to Eindhoven: ‘We’ve been here 24 hours, and I’m blown away’

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By Terry Boyd Suddenly, Eindhoven is on the radar of one of the most heralded American tech centers – and its world-famous innovation conference. A delegation from Austin, Texas including […]

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