Setting the stage | Maine's biggest industries face enormous challenges. What are they, and more importantly, how will they meet them?

This is the first installment of a six-part series by economists Michael LeVert and Chuck Lawton that will explore what Maine's business decision makers really need to make a go of it. An Editor's Note follows the article.

Discussions about Maine’s future prosperity inevitably center on business. How do we attract more businesses? How do we keep the ones we have? How do we stay competitive, support clusters, develop new markets?

There is no shortage of st ...