When we acquire businesses in the developing world, we estimate if the growth opportunities are strong.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Growing is an important part of the business, but more important than that is to get better.
And innovation and entrepreneurship is the opportunity and best opportunity we have to grow the economy.
If productivity grows, the economy does well.
The developing world is full of entrepreneurs and visionaries, who with access to education, equity and credit would play a key role in developing the economic situations in their countries.
As I spent tons of time with customers, not just in the United States, but in emerging markets, in Europe, in Latin America, top of mind for everybody is how do they drive growth for their business going forward.
Our future growth relies on competitiveness and innovation, skills and productivity... and these in turn rely on the education of our people.
Economic growth creates jobs, and countries grow when they educate their people and pursue policies that encourage households to save, existing businesses to invest, and entrepreneurs to innovate and create new markets.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
Stable growth ensures employment.
If we truly want to achieve lasting economic growth, we need our businesses to do more business - and we need them to do it in America.