This initiative facilitates expert analysis of emerging technologies and issues, then issues strategic recommendations to keep America's capabilities second to none. We know from experience that to out-compete, we must out-compute.
Elevate: Optimizing the Role of Higher Education in the Emerging Innovation Landscape
Since the Council's founding in 1986, U.S. college and university leaders have played a central role alongside their corporate, labor and national lab peers in developing and championing critical federal and state policies to drive regional and national economic development, leadership in basic and applied research, technology commercialization and skilled job creation.
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2018 was a memorable year for the Council on Competitiveness (Council)—for recognition of our significant impacts on American public policy, for leadership transitions, and for the emergence of several major, new initiatives that will shape our agenda in 2019 and for years to come.
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2018 Clarion Call: Launch of the National Commission on Innovation and Competitiveness Frontiers
The Council on Competitiveness has long characterized the competitive landscape, and examined where America stands. When major competitive opportunities or challenges emerge, the Council has sought to bring those to national attention, explore their implications and develop recommendations for action. Notwithstanding a currently robust economy—rising and strong economic, productivity and job growth; historically low unemployment; wage increases; an improved tax environment; etc.—the Council believes U.S. leadership in technology and long-term competitiveness are under threat.
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Accelerate: Turbocharging the Manufacturing Renaissance in an Era of Energy Abundance
Wise policies and practices, in many cases, could unleash American strengths, boost manufacturing engines and raise technology commercialization to new heights, driving U.S. economic growth and job creation. The recommendations in this report—and the over ten years of work they encompass—have the power to turbocharge America’s manufacturing capabilities, improve America’s competitiveness and unleash a new wave of productivity and prosperity for all Americans.
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Secure: Ensuring Resilience and Prosperity in a Digital Economy
In recognition of the growing importance of cybersecurity to America’s economic and national security, the Council on Competitiveness in 2018 launched a three-dialogue series on increasing the resilience of the nation’s critical infrastructure, intellectual property and industrial operations against cyberattack. Together, the challenges, opportunities and recommendations discussed throughout the three cybersecurity dialogues—and throughout the EMCP’s six sector dialogues—formed the foundation for the Council’s National Agenda for Cybersecurity presented in this report.
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Leverage: Aerospace is the sixth and final sector study of the Energy and Manufacturing Competitiveness Partnership (EMCP). This report looks at competitiveness in a sector that has long symbolized American leadership and innovation and one that is essential to growth, productivity, jobs and national security. The dialogue built upon key findings from the previous five sector studies, and the recommendations outlined in this report will inform the Council’s larger policy agenda for Congress and the administration.
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Energy is the linchpin of economic growth and prosperity. Leverage: Energy, the fifth sector study report of the EMCP, provides an overview of this critical sector of the economy, as well as a set of recommendations on how America can address the challenges and capitalize on the opportunities presented by new-found energy abundance and an expanding supply of more sustainable, clean energy.
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