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The Productivity and Prosperity Project: An analysis of Economic Competitiveness
Director, Office of the University Economist; Director, Center for Competitiveness and Prosperity Research; Professor of Economics
As the transition from the industrial age to the information age/knowledge economy continues, economic competitiveness has taken on added importance and new meanings. The concepts of competitiveness, productivity, and prosperity can be applied to individuals, companies, regions (such as metropolitan areas or states), and countries, though the meaning/interpretation of each may vary somewhat by the unit of analysis.
Director, Office of the University Economist; Director, Center for Competitiveness and Prosperity Research; Professor of Economics
Dennis received a B.A. in economics and mathematics from Grand Valley State University, a M.S. in economics from Michigan State University, and a Ph.D. in economics from Michigan State University in 1978. He has served on the faculty of the Department of Economics at ASU since 1979, as director of ASU’s L. William Seidman Research Institute (2004-24), and as the director of the Office of the University Economist since 2005.
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