Op-Ed's Published Recently by Robert J. Herbold
Bob Herbold speaks and writes often on the USA's lack of competitiveness versus other countries in areas such as corporate tax and regulations, the growing technical talent crisis, the sorry state of K-12 public education, and the country's inability to solve its fiscal problems. To see his recent Op-Ed's published in key publications click on one of the following links.
June 9 2011, The Wall Street Journal, China vs. America: Which Is the Developing Country?
Recently I flew from Los Angeles to China to attend a corporate board of directors meeting in Shanghai, as well as customer and government visits there and in Beijing. After the trip was over, in thinking about the United States and China, it was not clear to me which is the developed country and which is the developing country…Download to Read More.
August‐September 2011, Global-Is‐Asia, Public Policy Leadership and Modern Media
Tackling tough problems requires courage. Gutsy leaders face up to the fact that once they select a path to follow, someone or some group will be disappointed. That’s the nature of a tough decision. This kind of leadership challenge occurs in industry as well as in the world of public policy…Download to Read More.
April 21 2011, Investor’s Business Daily, Needed: Gutsy National CEO
When Fujio Mitarai became CEO of Canon in 1995, the company had built up debt of $7.5 billion. Its many product divisions were described in the press as a bunch of warring, money-losing fiefdoms that plodded along year after year. Nobody was making the tough decisions. The problems were clear; lack of a focused vision, bloated costs and minimal innovation. Mitarai moved fast and with courage…Download to Read More.
April 10 2010, USA Today, Tea Party’s Rise Makes Perfect Sense
If our elected officials were responsible to follow the rules they require of the private sector to ensure honest accounting, such as the standards of Generally Accepted Accounting Practices and the business reform laws of Sarbanes-Oxley, they would not only be removed from office, but many would be in jail…Download to Read More.
December 20 2009, Houston Chronicle, Tax Laws Chasing Companies Away
It’s easier than ever for corporations to move operations overseas. And if the federal government doesn’t realize this soon, more and more companies may follow the example of Dallas-based Ensco International and reincorporate overseas. Ensco’s decision, announced last month, subject to approval by the majority of its shareholders, is the latest in a series of moves by energy companies to leave the U.S. and relocate in Europe…Download to Read More.
November 23 2009, New York Post, Escaping Offshore
It’s easier than ever for corporations to move operations overseas. And if the federal government doesn’t realize this soon, more and more companies will do just that. In the age of the Internet, with technology converging around the globe and engineering talent abundant in many nations, multinationals and even smaller companies can readily shift R&D, product-development, manufacturing and overall management out of the United States…Download to Read More.
September 29 2009, The Washington Times, Tipping Point on Distrust
The visceral reaction members of Congress faced in town-hall meetings during summer recess, followed by the huge Sept. 12 turnout of concerned citizens in Washington suggest the political center in America has fundamentally changed…Download to Read More.
May 1 2009, Real Clear Politics, Global Diagnosis: America’s Health Care Policies Are Sick
If you were to ask most Americans whether or not the United States has the lowest infant mortality, I suspect the large majority would give you a resounding “yes.” That’s why it’s startling to realize that the U.S. actually ranks 46th in the world. The top three countries are Singapore at 2.3 infant deaths per thousand, Sweden at 2.75 and Japan at 2.8. The U.S. infant mortality rate – 6.3 per thousand births – is higher than Cuba, Portugal, Slovenia and Iceland…Download to Read More.
March 15 2009, The Seatle Times, “Not Invented Here” Won’t Help Re‐Invent Our Future
The stimulus package recently signed by President Obama’s is designed to get the United States out of a deep economic hole, but the intellectual underpinnings of the plan have actually been imported from Great Britain…Download to Read More.
June 20 2008, Puget Sound Business Journal, Does the U.S. Realize It’s in Competition?
Living half time in Asia for the last two and half years has taught me that many countries around the world are tightly focused on competing with other countries for energy resources and global talent, as well as creating a solid financial foundation for their country and an attractive environment for multi-national companies to run their businesses…Download to Read More.
