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Manufacturing Climate Change: Infinia Corporation Case Study
February 2009
Washington DC
J.D. Sitton, President and CEO of Infinia Corporation, speaks at the Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference. Infinia is highlighted in CGGC's Manufacturing Climate Solutions report.
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Manufacturing Climate Change: Recycled Energy Development (RED) Case Study
February 2009
Washington DC
Richard Munson, Senior VP of Strategic Planning and Public Affairs at Recycled Energy Development (RED), speaks at the Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference. RED is highlighted in CGGC's Manufacturing Climate Solutions report.
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Manufacturing Climate Change: Cree Business Case Study
February 2009
Washington DC
Gregg Merritt, VP of Corporate Marketing at Cree Inc., speaks at the Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference. Cree is highlighted in CGGC's Manufacturing Climate Solutions report.
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Manufacturing Climate Solutions in a Carbon Constrained World
February 2009
Washington DC
Gary Gereffi and Marcy Lowe discuss CGGC's research on economic and job opportunities associated with green technologies at the February 2009 Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference organized by the Blue Green Alliance.
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How Green is the Economic Forecast?
February 18, 2009
Durham, NC
North Carolina Public Radio –WUNC “State of Things” interview. Frank Stasio talks about the future of the green economy with Gary Gereffi and Marcy Lowe, of the Duke Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness; Steve Kalland, director of the North Carolina Solar Center at North Carolina State University; and Kalia Lydgate, co-founder of the Massachusetts Green Job Coalition.
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Growing a Green Economy: Green Tech Can Restore American Manufacturing
February 10, 2009
Durham, NC
An article in Duke Research (also featured on Duke Today) about CGGC’s research on progressive technologies that can be the source of “green-collar” jobs to revitalize U.S.-based manufacturing. This article highlights the significance of value chain analysis for studying the full range of activities that take place to bring a product from its conception to its end use.
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Duke Study Says "Going Green" Will Grow Jobs in U.S.
November 19, 2008
Durham, NC
An article in the Raleigh News & Observer about the new report from the Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness, called Manufacturing Climate Solutions, which presents a new research approach linking U.S. jobs with selected low-carbon technologies that can help combat global warming.
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Study Pinpoints “Green” Jobs in NC
November 18, 2008
Durham, NC
NBC-17 TV NEWS video highlights examples of "green" jobs in North Carolina. Value chain analysis of these jobs is presented in Manufacturing Climate Solutions, a new report from CGGC.
NBC-17 TV News Video

Will Globalization Move to Center Stage in American Election?
September 3, 2008
In this article published by America.gov, CGGC Director Gary Gereffi comments on international trade as a 2008 election issue.
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What Google Earth Doesn't Show You
May 21, 2008
Raleigh, NC
Local newspaper, The Independent, covers how the North Carolina in the Global Economy project utilizes Google Earth and Google Maps to display the changes in key industries in North Carolina.
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Real Estate and the Environment
March 2008
Marcy Lowe, CGGC Research Associate, discusses CGGC value chain analysis research on the U.S. real estate industry.
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Global American South Conference
April 13-14, 2008
Chapel Hill, NC
The University of North Carolina
Beyond the Sunbelt: Southern Economic Development in a Global Context. CGGC Director Gary Gereffi to participate in panel on Trade with China and India, Monday, April 14, speaking on "How NC Can Compete with China and India in the Contemporary Global Knowledge Economy."
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Time for More Than Talk on Conservation
February 24, 2008
Raleigh, NC
News & Observer
Gary Gereffi discusses North Carolina's place in the "global economy."
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A Digital Interview with Dr. Gary Gereffi - The Global Value Chain Initiative and Other Value Chain research
February 21, 2008
Durham, NC
Jeanne Downing interviews Dr. Gary Gereffi as part of microLINKS Conversations, a series featuring interviews with microenterprise practitioners and experts, Microenterprise Development, US Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C.
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CGGC: Globalization Gets Real
Fall 2007
An interview with Gary Gereffi on globalization.
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How Getting Chummy with China Helps North Carolina
September 20, 2007
An op-ed by Gary Gereffi in the Raleigh News & Observer based on testimony he gave to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on September 6, 2007.
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China’s Impact on North Carolina’s Major Industries
September 6, 2007
Chapel Hill, NC
Gary Gereffi’s testimony is part of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Hearing on “China’s Impact on the North Carolina Economy: Winners and Losers” which took place in Chapel Hill, NC on September 6, 2007. Both Gereffi's testimony and the complete hearings are available.
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Vanishing Jobs
February 8-9, 2007
Eyewitness News investigates vanishing jobs in the Triangle area. Gary Gereffi interview comments are included in Part 2 of this series.
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American Consumers to Blame for Huge Trade Deficit with China
February 8, 2007
Durham, NC
An article by Gary Gereffi in the Baltimore Sun. This op ed also appeared in the Raleigh News & Observer on February 9, 2007 under the heading, “Whose goods are these?”
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Mexico feels the China squeeze
April 12, 2006
American Public Media
Mexico sends 90% of its manufactured goods to the United States. But as China's share of US imports expands, Mexico is worried it may soon be shut out of the market.
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Merging Economic Sociology, Public Sociology, and the Global Economy: The Center on Globalization, Governance and Competitiveness at Duke University
Spring 2006
Washington, DC
CGGC is featured in the Spring 2006 Economic Sociology Newsletter of the American Sociological Association.
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Wal-Mart Research
November 16, 2004
This project examines the rise of Wal-Mart and other global retailers and their diverse impact on national and international economies, as well as global commodity chains.
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