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Recent Changes in Europe’s Competitive Landscape and Medium-Term Perspectives: How the Sources of Demand and Supply Are Shaping Up by Bart van Ark, Vivian Chen, Bert Colijn, Kirsten Mon, 06 May 2013 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/publications/publicationdetail.cfm?publicationid=2493 http://www.conference-board.org/publications/publicationdetail.cfm?publicationid=2493 The Conference Board Economics Watch<sup>®</sup> United States View Once again economic activity started off the year Tue, 30 Apr 2013 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/publications/publicationdetail.cfm?publicationid=2490 http://www.conference-board.org/publications/publicationdetail.cfm?publicationid=2490 Globalization Revisited: Who Will Get the New Wave of Knowledge Process Jobs? Offshoring is no longer the best or the only Tue, 16 Apr 2013 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/publications/publicationdetail.cfm?publicationid=2477 http://www.conference-board.org/publications/publicationdetail.cfm?publicationid=2477 New Trends in Energy Markets and More Competitive Economies (Part 1) <p>While the rapid growth of emerging economies creates upward pressure on many energy and commodity prices, there is also considerable volatility in these markets depending on supply and demand conditions as well as short term shocks. What are implications of uncertainty on the economic outlook? How do we gauge how realist a forecast is given the Thu, 23 May 2013 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/webcasts/webcastdetail.cfm?webcastid=2998 http://www.conference-board.org/webcasts/webcastdetail.cfm?webcastid=2998 New Trends in Energy Markets and More Competitive Economies (Part 2) <p>The discovery and exploration of shale gas in North America has the potential to change energy markets worldwide. Despite concerns about the environment and macroeconomic impacts, shale gas is projected to make the Unites States less dependent on imported sources of energy and fuels. How does the emergence of this new sector in the United States Tue, 28 May 2013 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/webcasts/webcastdetail.cfm?webcastid=2999 http://www.conference-board.org/webcasts/webcastdetail.cfm?webcastid=2999