How well are you contributing to your region's global competitiveness?
According to the VT KnowledgeWorks Global Partnership, "Cities with strong universities are particularly well-positioned to be among the globally competitive regions as the economy of the 21st century evolves. To do so, they must:
1. pro-actively embrace globalization
2. expand their regional brand recognition by deliberately creating multi-layered global networks, and
3. act in a regionally coherent manner at every opportunity."
| "Who needs global? My company is local!" (1 point) | "I'm on LinkedIn with people from other countries!" (2 points) | "I've done business with companies in other countries. We've never met in person!" (3 points) | "Our customers, vendors, partners, investors and employees are all over the world - aren't yours?" (4 points) | "I'll be in Beijing then, too! Shall we meet?" (5 points) |
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| 1. Pro-actively embrace globalization | | | | | |
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| 2. Expand their regional brand recognition by deliberately creating multi-layered global networks | | | | | |
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| 3. Act in a regionally coherent manner at every opportunity | | | | | |
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