Honolulu ranks number 177 of 200 on our list of Best Places to do business, a dismal showing that reflects cellar-level rating in five-year wage growth, five-year job growth and high-tech GDP growth over last year.
If you're negative on oil and Iraq, like the consumer and tech, and also believe GDP growth can hold at 3.5%, I'll give you a zero to 5% percent gain.
One is the second largest state in the United States of America, a center for the rich oil and high-tech industries with a GDP of $1.2 trillion, and known for its vast sprawl, fiercely proud culture, and larger-than-life personality.
In 2010 tax incentives, subsidies, credit guarantees and spending programmes will begin to be showered on everything from hybrid cars to fitting buildings with energy-efficient LED lighting.The country plans to spend around 2% of its GDP on green tech through to 2013, to reduce emissions and spur a new export industry.
And even then, claiming credit for 81% of tech jobs and 21% of GDP?
High-tech was 16% of U.S. GDP in 1970; it rose to 20% in 1994 and is an estimated 25% at present.
More posts by this contributor Employment in China's tech industry China recently published its GDP growth for Q1 of 2015 at 7percentt.
As Yale Environment 360 (a wonderful publication) reported recently, the U.S. ranks 17th on clean tech spending as a percentage of GDP (Denmark is #1).
The Swedish model has delivered good GDP growth, strong high-tech companies, some of the world's best exporters and a lavish welfare state.
In a sample of 38 countries, we document a strong positive relation between the initial size of the country's high-tech sector and subsequent rates of GDP and total factor productivity growth.
Even Malaysia, which fancies itself as a high-tech hub, spends only 0.69% of GDP, while in Indonesia it is a piffling 0.05%.In the year ASEAN celebrates its 40th birthday, the short-term economic outlook is rosy.
