“If you wanna see economic equity, start by supporting your local business. One small business in one small neighborhood, is the backbone of sustainable economic progress.” CommunityEconomicsEconomic GrowthSocial DevelopmentEconomic DevelopmentEconomic DisparityEconomics PhilosophyLocal BusinessSustainable EconomyLocal Economy Book:Giants in Jeans: 100 Sonnets of United Earth Source: Giants in Jeans: 100 Sonnets of United Earth
“2009 was a tough year, but Australia rose to the challenge of the global financial crisis. It shows what can be done when we all join together and work together, governments of all persuasions state, territory and local; businesses large and small; unions and local communities right across the nation.” YearsStatesDoneShowsGovernmentTogetherNationsCommunityChallengesToughCrisisUnionsRoseFinancialLocalsAustraliaWorking TogetherTerritoryPersuasionFinancial CrisisLocal CommunityLocal Business Author:Kevin Rudd
“Local television is a slightly different story. It is under much more pressure in the same way that all local businesses are, whether that's a local newspaper, local radio or local television. But I think television in the aggregate is actually in very good shape.” ThinkingWayDifferentStoriesTelevisionShapesPressureVery GoodRadioNewspapersLocalsLocal Business Author:Jeff Zucker
“Maintaining the trust of the consumer is critical to our business. We live and breathe only one thing, which is wanting to connect consumers with great local businesses, and I don't feel we can do that if we don't have effective ways to prevent gaming of the system.” IfsWayFeelsCan DoOne ThingCriticalBreatheLocalsConsumersMaintainingGamingLocal Business Author:Jeremy Stoppelman
“Our government's investments in science, technology and innovation are ensuring that ideas move from the lab to the marketplace faster, creating jobs and opportunities for Canadians. Through our investment in Mitacs Elevate, we are providing training and new career opportunities for talented researchers while ensuring that local businesses such as Vision Extrusions stay competitive and continue to create jobs here in Woodbridge.” IdeasGovernmentJobsMovingOpportunityVisionCareersTechnologyCreatingTrainingInnovationInvestmentLocalsFasterProvidingMarketplaceResearchersLabsNew CarCreating JobsScience TechnologyNew CareerCareer OpportunitiesLocal BusinessTechnology And Innovation Author:Julian Fantino
“If you're living in the community and you own your local businesses and you're engaged in the local economy you should have a definite interest in the strength and health of your community, the caring relationships that bind people together.” PeopleIfsShouldTogetherInterestCommunityEconomyShould HaveCaringLocalsEngagedDefiniteLocal Business Author:David Korten
“There is ...a huge tacit conspiracy between the U.S. government, its agencies and its multinational corporations, on the one hand, and local business and military cliques in the Third World, on the other, to assume complete control of these countries and "develop" them on a joint venture basis. The military leaders of the Third World were carefully nurtured by the U.S. security establishment to serve as the "enforcers" of this joint venture partnership, and they have been duly supplied with machine guns and the latest data on methods of interrogation of subversives.” WorldHas BeensCountryHandsGovernmentLeaderSecurityMilitaryHugeGunMachinesThirdsBasesMethodAssumingLocalsDataCorporationsAgencyEstablishmentConspiracyPartnershipVentureJointsThird WorldCliqueInterrogationMultinationalsMachine GunsTacitMilitary LeaderMultinational CorporationsJoint VenturesLocal Business Author:Edward S. Herman
“We must plant trees, grow gardens instead of lawns, ride bicycles when we can and support responsible local businesses over big brands.” BigsGrowsSupportTreeGardenResponsiblePlantLocalsBrandsBicycleLawnsPlant A TreeLocal Business Author:Bryant H. McGill
“People will spend a tremendous amount of money in casinos, money they normally would spend on refrigerators or a new car. Local businesses will suffer because they'll lose consumer dollars to casinos.” PeopleSufferingLosesCarAmountDollarsLocalsConsumersGamblingRefrigeratorsCasinosNew CarLocal Business Author:John Warren Kindt
“We raised the matter of an agreement that was reached at the Growth and Development Summit, which was that we should access a certain part, 5% was mentioned, of the funds in the hands of the institutional investors, domestically, for investment in the real economy. That being an agreement of the Growth and Development Summit, we will engage South African business to see how we can make that a practical thing. So, there is a different set of engagement with local business.” ShouldDifferentRealMatterHandsCertainGrowthEconomyDevelopmentInvestmentSouthRaisedAccessPracticalsLocalsAgreementFundInvestorsEngagementSouth AfricaSummitPractical ThingsLocal Business Author:Thabo Mbeki
“It's about creating a product or service so good that people will pay for it. Now 30 years on The Body Shop is a multi local business with over 2.045 stores serving over 77 million customers in 51 different markets in 25 different languages and across 12 time zones. And I haven't a clue how we got here!” PeopleYearsDifferentBodyLanguagePayMillionsHavensProductsCreatingCustomersStoresLocalsShopsZoneServingClueDifferent LanguagesTime ZonesLocal Business Author:Anita Roddick
“I worked in ad sales. I would call up local businesses and try to get them to buy ads in the paper. The whole time, I felt like I was just scamming people.” PeopleTryingWholeFeltPaperLocalsAdsLocal Business Author:J. Cole