What is the sense of spending heavily on state-of-the-art technology and equipment that ends up idle or inefficiently used because of a lack of trained personnel? 3  BIS Review 37/2000  The partnerships that are being formed between industries, on the one hand, and colleges and universities, on the other, are going to be even more important in the future.
And I expect that all businesses, especially smaller ones, are going to have to devote more time and resources to training staff. ... the importance of an efficient and innovative financial sector The final item on my list today is the importance of an efficient and innovative financial sector.