The US economy may be in worse shape than it seems.
L’expertise universitaire, l’exigence journalistique
Articles sur Manufacturing
Affichage de 81 à 100 de 299 articles
While fashion companies and governments are making commitments to reduce fashion waste, consumers have an opportunity to push them to act more quickly.
Rezoning to mixed-use residential development drove small manufacturers and creative producers out of the inner city. The result is less diversity of land uses, jobs and services where we most want it.
Why you shouldn’t be afraid: it won’t steal our jobs or destroy the environment.
Properly executed, government intervention can provide a real economic boost.
To become an attractive prospect for electric car manufacturers, the UK needs to sort out its supplies of rare earths – Brexit, or no Brexit.
Trump may find it harder to maintain support for his escalating tariffs on China if the US economy shows further signs of weakness.
Some circular economy business models are based on case studies, others are more theoretical, yet it’s hard to get a comprehensive overview. Why? Simple: Because the opportunities are nearly endless.
Trump claims the tariffs he’s imposed on imports from China and elsewhere are saving US industries and jobs. The data offers a murkier picture.
The humble zipper has some profound things to tell us about innovation, competitive advantage and international trade.
Nigeria’s high unemployment rate has created a bloated and unproductive informal sector.
3-D printing has the potential to disrupt local manufacturing, and re-configure approaches to urban design, planning and production.
Despite reasonable fears, Nigeria – home to Africa’s largest economy – has a lot to gain from signing on the proposed continent-wide free trade agreement.
Many homes, parks and businesses in US cities stand on former manufacturing sites that may have left legacy hazardous wastes behind. A new book calls for more research into our urban industrial past.
The skills shortage in the foundry sector shows there is a continuing demand for “traditional” trades.
Five years on from the Rana Plaza garment factory collapse in Bangladesh, improvements have been made. But workers compensation is still to happen.
From small towns, through a complex global production network, wool products have become tricky to ‘place’.
Canada, the US and Mexico have signed a deal to rip up the 25-year-old NAFTA and replace it with something new. But what’s actually changed?
This year’s recycling crisis has prompted the federal government to pledge a move towards an economy in which materials are kept in use for as long as possible. But it still has a long way to go.
Trump’s plan to slap $200 billion more in tariffs on Chinese goods is premised on yesterday’s waste-fueled economy. Tomorrow’s economy is ‘circular.’
Les contributeurs les plus fréquents
-
Emeritus Professor & UTS innovation adviser, University of Technology Sydney
-
Project Officer, Centre for Workplace Leadership, The University of Melbourne
-
Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
-
Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Political Economy, University of Sydney
-
School of Social Sciences, Monash University
-
Incoming Director of the Australian Institute of Business and Economics at UQ, and Professor of Management, Faculty of Business and Economics, Macquarie University
-
Executive Dean, UniSA Business, University of South Australia
-
Australia's Chief Scientist, Office of the Chief Scientist
-
Professor of Economics & Business, Allegheny College
-
Professor of Management, Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Melbourne
-
Academic Director, Murdoch University
-
Director Future Manufacturing National Research Flagship, CSIRO
-
Professor of Geography, University of Wollongong
-
Professor of Industrial Strategy, Co-Director Centre for Governance, Regulation and Industrial Strategy (CGR&IS), University of Bath
-
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University
