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As Americans enter the third decade of the 21st century, a new urgency faces the nation. While the United States has stood apart from the rest of the world during the past half century in its record of sustained innovation, the nation today faces new realities and new imperatives. In response, the Council's National Commission […]

Launch of the National Commission on Innovation and Competitiveness Frontiers The Council on Competitiveness (Council) 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 […]

Learn how the latest trends in advanced manufacturing technologies, talent, and innovation are transforming manufacturing, and how global manufacturing companies can best tap into this disruptive shift to evolve, grow, and thrive. In this study, global industry leaders share their views on the top manufacturing technologies that—when coupled with talent and innovation—will determine tomorrow’s manufacturing […]

The Clarion Call, and partner infographic, is issued by the Council on Competitiveness to identify critical global economic transformations and put forth a set of recommendations for policymakers that would strengthen the United States’ economic foundation and allow for long-term, sustained growth.

The Clarion Call, and partner infographic, is issued by the Council on Competitiveness to identify critical global economic transformations and put forth a set of recommendations for policymakers that would strengthen the United States’ economic foundation and allow for long-term, sustained growth.

This report represents a distillation and concentration of the critical outcomes from a series of distinctive, expert dialogues designed to uncover new recommendations to strengthen the spectrum of innovation—from discovery to deployment in the marketplace. Transform connects threads from across the national and regional dialogues to drive powerful recommendations and construct a roadmap to a […]

The 2016 National Competitiveness Forum and Gala Dinner marked the 30th anniversary of the Council on Competitiveness (Council). This special report captures highlights from the event, including the release of our Clarion Call and No Recovery reports. It tells the Council’s story during an historic point in time–a change in administrations and an uncertainty about […]

Conventional wisdom—as reported in many major newspapers and media—tells us the U.S. economy is “recovering.” Well-meaning economists, academics and government officials use the term “recovery” when discussing the economy, implying that growth is getting stronger. The Council on Competitiveness asked Gallup to conduct, pro bono, a comprehensive study of U.S. growth and productivity for the […]

The Clarion Call, and partner infographic, is issued by the Council on Competitiveness to identify critical global economic transformations and put forth a set of recommendations for policymakers that would strengthen the United States’ economic foundation and allow for long-term, sustained growth.

The Clarion Call, and partner infographic, is issued by the Council on Competitiveness to identify critical global economic transformations and put forth a set of recommendations for policymakers that would strengthen the United States’ economic foundation and allow for long-term, sustained growth.