02742nam 22006134a 450 991082365320332120240501043801.01-4696-0576-70-8078-8874-5(CKB)1000000000764480(EBL)454842(OCoLC)407906984(SSID)ssj0000212217(PQKBManifestationID)11196134(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000212217(PQKBWorkID)10137108(PQKB)11460129(StDuBDS)EDZ0000243992(MdBmJHUP)muse28077(Au-PeEL)EBL454842(CaPaEBR)ebr10310789(CaONFJC)MIL929314(MiAaPQ)EBC454842(EXLCZ)99100000000076448020080303d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNorth Carolina in the connected age challenges and opportunities in a globalizing economy /Michael L. Walden1st ed.Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20081 online resource (358 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4696-1533-9 0-8078-3221-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-318) and index.The national context : the creation of the connected age -- The macroeconomics of change : forces transforming North Carolina's economy -- The microeconomics of change : the remaking of North Carolina's industries -- Impacts on people -- Impacts on places -- Impacts on policies -- North Carolina's future in the connected age.At a time when North Carolina's population is exploding and its economy is shifting profoundly, one of the state's leading economists applies the tools of his trade to chronicle these changes and to inform North Carolinians in easy-to-understand terms what to expect in the future. Today we are living in a technologically connected age that has completely transformed the North Carolina economy, Walden explains. Once driven by tobacco, textiles, and furniture, the North Carolina economy now thrives on technology, pharmaceuticals, finance, food processing, and the manufacture of vehicle pIndustriesNorth CarolinaGlobalizationNorth CarolinaIndustriesGlobalization330.9756330.9756Walden M. L(Michael Leonard),1951-121745MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823653203321North Carolina in the connected age4066968UNINA