“Commercial Awareness Is Global.”
I chose the list based on several factors, including but not limited to, the convergence of various government policies, investments, enhanced and emerging business opportunities and infrastructural decisions made by the government, private sector and civil society in 2019 and preceding years. Certain patterns have emerged that should make 2020 – best guess – a very special one for business in Jamaica.
Policy makers perusing an adoption and adaption strategy ought to craft their own start-up nation policies based on their own national circumstances but be guided by the principles of Sweden’s start-up nation success.
Let’s face it SEZ have a proven track record for economic growth and development through industrial upgrading, economic diversification and greater global value chain participation.
The one question an investor needs to ask themselves before investing in a special economic zone (SEZ) in Jamaica or elsewhere is this: Am I eligible?
Sweden is unquestionably a start up nation. This is particularly true in tech. Its capital, Stockholm, has been described as a unicorn factory. Stockholm is second only to Silicon Valley for producing unicorns, a privately-held startup worth $1 billion or more, per capita.
The seamless integration of the local economy with SEZs is critical for achieving developmental objects of SEZs.
In a globalized world for Jamaica it is now facilitate or die. Trade facilitation is a must. And the SEZs have their role to play. For Jamaica’s Special Economic Zone Authority trade facilitation is investment facilitation.
It goes without saying but I will say it anyway, trade facilitation is important to the effective functioning of special economic zones (SEZ) in Jamaica or anywhere else in the world for that matter.
Are you protected? Oil changed the world in the 1900s. It drove cars, it drove the whole chemical industry. Data, I look at it as the new oil. It’s going to change most industries across the board. Intel CEO Brian Krzanich Laws are one of the the greatest human technologies ever created. They are used to govern human interactions and
For Jamaica Trade Facilitation is a must. Trade facilitation is not just a buzz word but something that is real. Why? It has to be. For small island developing countries like Jamaica we have long had a ‘export or die’ mindset. However, in today’s globalized world, with its complex of supply and global value chains, its not simply about exporting