Sifan Liu

An artist works on a boarded up River Pig Saloon in Portland, Ore., on March 24, 2020. Yesterday Governor Kate Brown issued a statewide executive order to stay home except for essential needs as more extreme social distancing measures aim to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and flatten the curve. (Photo by Alex Milan Tracy/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

How local leaders can stave off a small business collapse from COVID-19

Joseph Parilla, Sifan Liu, and Brad Whitehead

Friday, April 3, 2020

Quieter than usual scenes pictured in downtown Portland, Ore., on March 19, 2020, the first day of spring. Throughout the state gatherings are now limited to no more than 25 people for at least four weeks and bars and restaurants will be providing takeout services only as social distancing measures aim to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and flatten the curve. (Photo by Alex Milan Tracy/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

What the Great Recession can tell us about the COVID-19 small business crisis

Sifan Liu and Joseph Parilla

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

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How startups help cities measure their economic development frontier

Sifan Liu and Joseph Parilla

October 24, 2019

Talent development

Talent-driven economic development: A new vision and agenda for regional and state economies

Joseph Parilla and Sifan Liu

October 15, 2019

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Is America’s Seed Fund investing in women- and minority-owned businesses?

Sifan Liu and Joseph Parilla

Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Kickstarter

Hidden entrepreneurs: What crowdfunding reveals about startups in metro America

Sifan Liu and Joseph Parilla

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Tokyo, Japan

Are large global cities pulling away from their surrounding regions?

Sifan Liu and Joseph Parilla

Monday, July 23, 2018

Man working on a computer

Highly digital jobs are less likely to be automated

Mark Muro and Sifan Liu

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Beijing

Meet the five urban Chinas

Sifan Liu and Joseph Parilla

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

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Global Metro Monitor 2018

Max Bouchet, Sifan Liu, Joseph Parilla, and Nader Kabbani

June, 2018