Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise

Insightful presentation today from the team at Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise on the economic growth of Nashville and the Nation. As the fourth fastest growing large city, Nashville should continue to invest in quality of life improvements to continue to meet our growing demand. Those include the infrastructure of transit to support and amplify GDP growth, and of course, cultural institutions like Adventure Science Center. Thank you to Nashville Business Journal and Amber Rangel for the invitation to attend and from community leaders including Fifth Third Bank's David Briggs and Mayor Freddie O'Connell for their keen insight as to how we can nurture the increased opportunity that has catalyzed our community. Special shoutout to the king of introductions, Anthony Cassiol, who is always generous.

Chief Economist Gerald Cohen compared wage growth with inflation to answer some questions from USA TODAY. "We had this period where inflation rose faster than wages, and what we've how had in the last year or so is we've seen wages growing faster than inflation," Cohen said. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/erxdebTa #KenanInstitute #KIPE

Join NCGrowth staff, experts, and small business owners to tackle the challenges of small rural businesses in South Carolina! Discover resources to grow your business, connect with local, state, and federal agencies, and network with community partners and fellow business owners. This integrated support network will help your business thrive and be more sustainable in the local and regional economy. Don’t miss out on this opportunity! Register today: https://lnkd.in/eUXWBCvD #LowcountryAgritourism #RuralSmallBizLending #GrowSCSmallBiz

Thank you UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. https://lnkd.in/ewp7tgJJ

We’re excited to announce that registration is now open for the Frontiers of Business Conference: Building Business Resilience on October 10 in Chapel Hill. The Frontiers of Business Conference marks the culmination of the 2024 Grand Challenge, our exploration of how organizations can navigate and manage risk in a world of radical uncertainty. Join the conversation and register with the early bird discount today: https://lnkd.in/e6_pbgTw #KIFrontiers #KenanInstitute #KIPE #BusinessResilience

Can the concept of opening banking allow those excluded from the global financial system gain access to credit services? 🏦 UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School's Camelia Kuhnen discusses the question with Manju Puri from Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business in this long-form conversation. Watch here: https://lnkd.in/ejyWuGxi #KenanInstitute #KIPE #OpenBanking

As a part of our series on #BusinessResilience, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School Professor Christian T. Lundblad discusses how business leaders must plan for low-probability, high-impact events to build resilience in an era of radical uncertainty. Read the full #KenanInsight here: https://lnkd.in/gx5fzMnY #KenanInstitute #KIPE #BusinessResilience

With the expiration of COVID-19-era federal childcare subsidies, North Carolina found itself beyond the “childcare cliff.” UNC-Chapel Hill professor and Kenan Institute expert Iheoma Iruka will take part in a roundtable discussion on what comes next on PBS North Carolina’s “State Lines” at 8:30 p.m. Friday. Watch now: https://lnkd.in/eNaDx7Mh #KenanInstitute #KIPE

Home-Based Entrepreneurs have been on the rise for some time now. At the start of 2024, Forbes magazine called it a new wave of business ownership. Meet Toby and Jenea of D & J Smashers. In 2022, NCGrowth Staff, Nicole Outlaw and UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School #MBA Alumni Neelam Kadam '23 developed a strategic plan for the home-based business. D & J Smashers is cold-pressed lemonade business based in Wilson, NC. Utilizing only natural ingredients, the company is setting record sales as the demand increases for locally made and sustainably sourced goods. D & J Smashers lemonade is infused with flavors such as mango, strawberries, pineapples, cherries, peaches, passion fruit, watermelon and more! To connect with D & J Smashers click here: https://lnkd.in/e8pX8c6B To learn more about other NCGrowth projects, visit our website at https://lnkd.in/eHvufjQN or to read the Forbes article mentioned click here: https://lnkd.in/gaFdhMHY NCGrowth provides a wide range of technical assistance to small- and medium-sized businesses located in economically distressed communities. We provide financial analysis, manufacturing process improvement, natural resource management planning, and many other kinds of technical assistance to firms with a desire to grow and hire more employees at decent wages. We also create workshops, virtual training sessions, and other types of content to support entrepreneurs. #smallbusinessdevelopment #technicalassistance #strategicplanning #businesstrends

From 2011 to 2021, the prevalence of electronic health records, or EHRs, in American hospitals increased from 28% to 96%, according to HealthIT.gov. The EHR revolution has significantly transformed healthcare work and the flow of information, but it hasn't come without costs. Can generative AI help? Discover more in the full #KenanInsight by Joshua Barrett, associate director of the UNC Center for the Business of Health, and Jonathan Lee, a Luther Hodges Scholar who was a research assistant with the center before graduating in May. 🔗: https://lnkd.in/e73xUUa5 #KenanInstitute #KIPE #AI