Global Commerce: Foreign Direct Investment

“Tennessee has been remarkably successful in attracting foreign investment in recent years. It is a real plus given how slow economic growth has been not only nationally but globally,” said Steven Livingston, the “Global Commerce” editor and BERC fellow who has produced the quarterly report since the late 1990s. [http://news-from-mtsu.blogspot.com/2016/03/377-mtsu-study-foreign-investment.html]

Global Commerce: Foreign Investment into Tennessee

http://capone.mtsu.edu/berc/globalcommerce.html 

The latest state exporting research from the Business and Economic Research Center reveals: 2013 foreign investment into Tennessee was higher than for 2008-10 combined, and state exports exceeded $8 billion for the second consecutive quarter. Read more in the new issue of Global Commerce: Tennessee and the International Economy. 

Tennessee: Recent Immigration Patterns

http://www.mtsu.edu/~berc/globalcommerce.html 

Dr. Steven Livingston of the Business and Economic Research Center reports in Global Commerce: "While we have devoted great attention to the expanding flow of trade and investment into this state, perhaps it's time to take a look at the flow of people as well...." [ more ]

Global Commerce 4th Quarter 2010

http://www.mtsu.edu/~berc/globalcommerce.html

"Tennessee—Significant Links to the Middle East?"
How significant are the countries of the Arabian world to Tennessee and its economy? What might be the economic fallout of the dramatic events we are witnessing? [more]

Global Commerce

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Can Tennessee Double Its Exports in 5 Years?
Steven Livingston writes: "The problem with reporting export figures for this quarter is monotony. Everything grew, and by a lot. It was the best 2nd quarter in the state's history."
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