A new job-creation initiative developed by a team from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is yielding results for two eastern North Carolina counties six months after its launch.
A new generation of entrepreneurs is leveraging the power of cloud-based computing, social networking technologies and a host of apps to provide a broad range of services in the online global marketplace. Constituting a human cloud of talent, these Internet entrepreneurs are variously referred to as freelancers, e-lancers, soloists, project employees or pay-as-you-go help.
An essay on how changing demographics are transforming the southern United States, written by Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise scholar James H. Johnson Jr., is featured in a new report, “A Way Forward: Building a Globally Competitive South,” released today (Nov. 17) by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Global Research Institute (GRI).
Increased stability and more transparency in Africa’s emerging markets is inspiring confidence in regional governments, and international investment and technology are flowing there as a result, said the opening keynote speaker for the 2011 Business Across Borders Summit, “Africa: The New Business Frontier,” Nov. 3-4, 2011, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Thomas Stith, program director for economic development for the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, has been appointed by the N.C. General Assembly to a four-year term on the N.C. Turnpike Authority board of directors.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise is hosting a workshop on doing business in Africa.
Brent Lane, director of the Kenan Institute’s Carolina Center for Competitive Economies, was appointed by the N.C. General Assembly to a three-year term on the N.C. Department of Revenue Oversight Committee.
Innovations in aircraft design and materials have reduced drag and fuel consumption, and new scheduling and routing software have reduced flight times. Now the push is on to reduce the airlines’ carbon footprint through innovations in airline maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO).
Jason Jolley, senior research director at the Kenan Institute, was among 10 individuals and organizations, recognized by UNC for public service.
Award-winning journalist Charles Fishman, author of “The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water,” will discuss how the world of water is changing at the public lecture April 20 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Business and academia leaders will share research and practical applications about areas that are critical to success at the conference “Innovating the Global Supply Chain” at the University of North Carolina.
A workshop to develop cross-cultural skills in business will be offered March 18 at the University of North Carolina.
The rise of the aerotropolis – a city built around an airport – is chronicled in a new book by University of North Carolina business professor John D. Kasarda.
The University of North Carolina School of Government’s Community-Campus Partnership has awarded a $20,000 grant to Thomas Stith, program director for economic development for the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise to support his project, “City of Kinston: Development-led Economic Development.”
University and community officials gathered Saturday to launch the Saturday College Preparatory Academy (Saturday Academy) at Union Independent School (UIS) in Durham, N.C.
A browner, grayer and more culturally diverse population and workforce will dramatically transform U.S. social, economic and political institutions, according to a new report by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The adhesives company asked students to study how it could grow the market for its products in China.
Global governments are staking billions of dollars on John Kasarda’s ideas and strategies for instant cities.
On September 30, 15 second-year MBA students showcased the UNC Kenan-Flagler real estate program to a group of local business-persons, civic leaders and citizens at the “Friends of Downtown” Chapel Hill meeting in the Franklin Street Hotel. Following Dave Hartzell’s overview of the Real Estate Concentration, two teams led by students Annie Evans and Jeffery Danford presented their re-development analysis of the West Side Plaza building located at 306 West Franklin Street (i.e. the Vespa Ristorante building).
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