Eighty companies from five sectors of the economy - finance, defence, energy, telecommunications and pharmaceuticals - were encouraged to share information.

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It looked into five sectors of the Russian economy and found that, although productivity has improved over the past decade, it is still only 26% of American levels.

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At APEC WES, I assembled a panel of five great women leaders representing the key sectors of the new innovation economy: Education and research, government and public policy, social entrepreneurs, and business and technology.

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