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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 Exploring Innovation Frontiers Initiative (EIFI) is a national, public-private effort to accelerate the over-the-horizon, transformative innovation models that will drive U.S. competitiveness in the coming decades. This initiative was sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate of Engineering, Office of Emerging Frontiers of Research and Innovation (EFRI).

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 […]

American agriculture—including the related industries and value-add sectors that fuel and depend upon it—is a case study in innovation-driven productivity and competitiveness, and one of the United States’ largest exports. This sector study builds on the Council’s Energy & Manufacturing Competitiveness Partnership (EMCP) sector study and report, Leverage: Water & Manufacturing, conducted in 2016. Similar […]

Bioscience is a top manufacturing technology priority across the federal government and is critical for U.S. competitiveness. While the United States maintains a world leadership position in engineering biology and bioscience technology development, other countries are investing heavily in these areas, putting the United States at risk of losing its competitive advantage. This report explores […]

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.

The Council on Competitiveness (Council) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) launched the American Energy and Manufacturing Competitiveness (AEMC) Partnership in 2012 as a joint effort between DOE’s Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative and the Council. This multi-year initiative sponsored a series of national dialogues across the United States throughout 2013, 2014 and 2015, identifying concrete […]

The report is the second sector study to come out of the Energy & Manufacturing Competitiveness Partnership (EMCP) in year one and provides a summary of the analysis, findings and recommendations related to the manufacturing and use of advanced materials.