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PRLog (Press Release) – Apr 28, 2008 – Washington, D. C. The Capital Formation Institute, (CFI), a Washington DC-based economic research and advocacy group for innovation economics, sponsored its second national roundtable discussion of innovation tools to drive community economic development on April 22, 2008.
Capital Formation Institute Sponsoring Second National Dialogue on American Economy April 22, 2008.
Raleigh, NC, April 19, 2008 --(
PR.com)-- The Capital Formation Institute, a Washington DC-based economic research and advocacy group for innovation economics, announced today the line up of experts who will lead the April 22, 2008, national roundtable discussion on innovation tools to drive community economic development.
by Thomas E. Vass
Editor's Note: This is the first of a two-part series. Watch for the second half in the May issue's Finance Department.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, a steamship and railroad builder, used to say that he never knew where a good idea would come from, and therefore he was always open to listening to anyone who had a new thought. Large corporations are confronted with the same problem raised by Vanderbilt: Where do good ideas for their next generation of products come from?
As a result of more open global trading policies the basis of global competition has shifted from low-cost production to the ability of firms to innovate rapidly. But, the idea of innovating rapidly presumes that corporations know where to look to find good ideas that can be commercialized.
Raleigh, NC (OPENPRESS) April 12, 2008 -- The long-term economic woes of America were the topic of an April 10, 2008, national roundtable discussion sponsored by the Capital Formation Institute, an advocacy think-tank for innovation economics based in Virginia.
Thomas Vass, an innovation economic expert, located in Raleigh, N. C., was selected by CFI to act as one of the two moderators to lead the discussion for the national teleconference