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Read about the winners and losers in the 2016 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index conducted by Deloitte and the Council on Competitiveness. The rankings reveal a shift among the world’s traditional manufacturing powerhouses due to the Asia Pacific region’s rising influence and declining strength in European and BRIC countries.

In this era of uncertainty and economic turbulence characterized by persistent low growth and productivity, and wage stagnation, the Council is developing and advocating its pro-growth, innovation action agenda for America’s future prosperity. This report provides and overview of the Council’s work over 2015-2016 to advance this agenda.

Diversity in the U.S. Innovation Ecosystem  At the leading edge of transformational changes and one of the most economically diverse universities in the country, University of California, Riverside was an ideal setting for the Southwest Regional Dialogue of the Exploring Innovation Frontiers Initiative (EIFI). On November 18th, Kim Wilcox, Council Member and Chancellor of the […]

Presentation delivered at the National Competitiveness Forum Washington, D.C., December 4, 2015.

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.

For this report, Deloitte and the Council on Competitiveness (Council) interviewed nearly three dozen chief technology officers (CTOs), chief research officers (CROs), chief executive officers (CEOs), and company presidents from various manufacturing sectors, as well as nearly a dozen directors of U.S. national laboratories and research facilities. In addition to identifying and exploring challenges facing […]

In 2013, the Council on Competitiveness began a series of dialogues as part of the American Energy & Manufacturing Competitiveness (AEMC) Partnership; a three-year effort in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) to bolster American competitiveness through advanced clean energy manufacturing and increased energy productivity, and […]