Monday, August 04, 2003
Because of the impacts of globalization, EDPros all over the country are trying to figure out the implications. The folks in Hattiesburg, MS are a good example.
Phil Pepper, Mississippi state economist notes that state economiuc development programs do not capture the new realisties, "Our system is set up for what we needed 40 years ago. The state needs to recognize that the world is changing around us and we need to change with it."
Angie Dvorak, vice president for research and economic development at the University of Southern Mississippi sees the change this way: "I think we're drawn to huge capital projects with big plants and big numbers. The pattern is going to be more, smaller companies with fewer employees and local businesses with higher salaries."
Here's more on the perspective from Hattiesburg, MS. Go
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Seeing globalization from Hattiesburg
