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Future for Food Industry Futures
While the 2012 drought may be old news to many, its impact continues to affect countless companies within the food and agribusiness industry. There are, in fact, several sectors of the food industry that could remain in distress in 2013… Continue Reading
10 Survival Strategies for Retailers in 2013
The retail industry is at war for consumer wallets. Amazon.com has overturned the conventional “bricks and mortar” approach to retailing with its technological advances, ability to consolidate orders from multiple vendors, and expansion of its distribution network enabling significantly reduced… Continue Reading
A Ticking Time Bomb: School Debt Hidden Under the Radar
One little known school debt program enshrined in the Michigan Constitution has the potential to dramatically affect taxpayers and future school bond issuance. The School Bond Qualification and Loan program provides Michigan’s credit enhancement to new capital bond issues plus… Continue Reading
Patent Value Correlates Directly to Economic Prosperity
Innovation is central to economic growth, and the United States still ranks high globally on a number of important measures of innovative capacities. A recent report from the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings studied the current state of invention in… Continue Reading
IT Cost Management and the Cloud
As goals and objectives are set for 2013 and communicated throughout companies, many employees are asking if this will be the year that the new ‘system’ or ‘latest and greatest’ tech devices arrive. Will we finally be able to ‘catch-up’… Continue Reading