United States
Capital:Washington, DC
Population:303,824,640
GDP:$13.84 trillion
GDP Growth Rate:2% (2008)
Join us for a closer look at the gigantic United States economy, powered by abundant natural resources, a highly-developed infrastructure, and a large, educated workforce. With so much written about its recent real estate slump and financial crises, it might be easy to forget that this private sector, free market economy is the world’s largest. This economy has an overall GDP that is more than $14.3 trillion. Despite recent setbacks, the American economy continues to be at the forefront of several industries. Groups visiting the United States can follow many paths, examining a variety of regions and industries. Seminars can be built to investigate business conditions in geographic regions such as the northeast corridor of Boston, New York, and Washington DC, California’s Silicon Valley, North Carolina’s Research Triangle, or other areas. Alternatively, seminars can focus on one of the United States globally leading industries, such as computer and technology development, financial services, healthcare, and aerospace.
Even with the emergence of booming economies in China, India Brazil and beyond, the United States continues to thrive as a center of innovation featuring companies such as Google, Apple, and many others. By visiting the United States, you will see how American companies must innovate and reinvent themselves in this period of globalization, giving you will a fascinating case study to explore.
