Arizona is High-Tech Strong

By David Hodes

Arizona is one of those success stories that came from surviving the depths of a bad housing market over the last few years, operating with a balanced budget while turning its attention to knowledge-based startups that keep propelling the state’s positive gains.

Highlights of the…

Ireland Chases the Next Big Thing

Dublin at night.
By Barry O’Dowd

How to spot the next big thing has always puzzled entrepreneurs, educators, and business leaders alike. Henry Ford understood that intuition trumped conventional wisdom, and is thought to have remarked that “if I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said…

Thailand and Big Data: A Perfect Match

By Supisara Chomparn

IBM’s decision to open its new business innovation analytics center in Thailand could not have come at a more appropriate time. In just the last year, the big data revolution has swept the globe and is now playing a crucial role in determining how businesses and…

Ontario: A High-Tech Bread Basket on the Rise

By David Hodes

Ontario, this major province of the 10 provinces in Canada, has always been strong in manufacturing and agriculture, in many cases because of its proximity to major cities in the U.S. East Coast where partnerships and distribution arrangements are easily coordinated.

The government of Ontario has…

Canada Expands its Global Commerce Network

By David Hodes

Improving economic conditions in the United States — especially in manufacturing and more specifically in auto manufacturing — resonate throughout Canada.
But according to Marie-Christine Bernard, associate director of provincial economic trends at the Conference Board of Canada, the country is seeing just modest growth in the trade…