Archive for the 'Competitiveness' Category
Wedding Anniversary and America’s Cup
7 Comments Published by Dr. Beyster September 10th, 2013 in Competitiveness.My wife Betty and I celebrated our anniversary on Sunday. It’s hard for me to believe that we have been married 58 years now. It doesn’t seem all that long ago that we first met back in Los Alamos. These years together have been very good ones for both of us, and I am grateful […]
Technical Worker Shortage and Nuclear Energy
7 Comments Published by Dr. Beyster February 15th, 2011 in Competitiveness, Energy, San Diego, Technology.In my last blog post, I discussed the fact that American young people scored significantly lower in the areas of math, science, and reading than their foreign counterparts on the 2009 PISA test. In my opinion, this shortfall in achievement will eventually lead to a shortage of qualified workers for high-technology companies in this country. […]
Can the United States Be Competitive?
6 Comments Published by Dr. Beyster February 9th, 2011 in Competitiveness.If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you may remember that I am personally worried about the long-term competitiveness of the United States on the world stage. This is a topic I posted on in 2006, and from what I have seen, things have not gotten any better in the four years since. […]
The Current State of the Economy
12 Comments Published by Dr. Beyster November 30th, 2009 in Competitiveness.I thought it might be interesting to take a look at the current state of the economy and see if there are any predictions to make. I’ve been around for quite a few years now, and if there’s one thing I’ve learned it’s that the economy is not really all that predictable. Sure, if you […]
Week twenty-one: Competitiveness
5 Comments Published by Dr. Beyster September 21st, 2006 in Competitiveness.Staying on the topic of competitiveness for the moment, I read the article that Kenny Pegram so kindly linked to earlier this week. While I hate to differ with David Brooks of the New York Times, it remains to be seen if U.S. competitiveness today is adequate. It appears to me that things aren’t peaches […]
Week twenty: Great to good
3 Comments Published by Dr. Beyster September 14th, 2006 in Competitiveness.As I read my Business Week magazines and Wall Street Journals, I get a rather dismal outlook on the competitiveness of many U.S. businesses. I recently read an article — Great to Good? — written by David Gergen. The article raises interesting questions in my mind about the future competitiveness of the U.S. I have […]