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Overview of Economic Competitiveness: Business and Individual Location Factors, With a Focus on Arizona
Associate Director, Center for Competitiveness and Prosperity Research; Manager of Research Initiatives, Office of the University Economist
Introduces the concept of economic competitiveness, discusses location factors important to businesses, and evaluates competitiveness in Arizona. The assessment of Arizona’s business competitiveness is mixed, consistent with the middle-of-the-states rank of the most-reliable business climate studies.
Associate Director, Center for Competitiveness and Prosperity Research; Manager of Research Initiatives, Office of the University Economist
After receiving his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Toledo, Tom earned his Master of Business Administration from Arizona State University in 1976. After working in the private sector, he joined ASU in 1980, working for the predecessor of the L. William Seidman Research Institute. Since 2005, he has served as manager of research initiatives in the Office of the University Economist.
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