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April 26, 2007 | 10:30-12:00pm | Globalization Topical Sessions (choose one of four)
(1) Is globalization hurting the U.S. workers and innovation?
Chair: Thomas Kochan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Douglas B. Fuller, American University | Slides (PDF)
Daniel D. Luria, Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center
Mark Levinson, EPI and UNITE-Here | Slides (PDF)
Megan MacGarvie, Boston University | Slides (PDF)(2) How did India and China create their competitive advantage?
Chair: Gary Hamilton, University of Washington
Eric Thun, Oxford University | Slides (PDF)
Loren Brandt, University of Toronto | Download | Slides (PDF)
Rafiq Dossani, Stanford University | Slides (PDF)
Meenu Tewari, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill | Slides (PDF)(3) What approaches to globalization (especially government policies) are other developed countries taking?
Chair: Susan Helper, Case Western Reserve University
Gary Herrigel, University of Chicago | Slides (PDF)
Josh Whitford, Columbia University | Slides (PDF)
Owen Herrnstadt, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers(4) What research and data collection strategies can be used to study globalization?
Chair: Timothy J. Sturgeon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Slides (PDF)
Brad Jensen, Peterson Institute of International Economics
Rose Batt, Cornell University | Slides (PDF)
Frank Levy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Slides (PDF)
Julia Lane, University of Chicago | Slides (PDF)