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Council on Competitiveness
Founder(s) John A. Young
Founded 1986
Headquarters 1500 K Street NW, Washington, D.C., USA
Key people Charles O. Holliday, Chairman.
Deborah L. Wince-Smith, President.
Focus Enhancing the United States' economic competitiveness
Website http://www.compete.org/

The Council on Competitiveness is the only group of corporate CEOs, university presidents and labor leaders dedicated to the future prosperity of all Americans and enhanced U.S. competitiveness in the global economy through the creation of high-value economic activity in the United States. [1]

The Council is a nonpartisan, nongovernmental organization in Washington, D.C. the Council works to shape the debate on competitiveness by bringing together business, labor, academic and government leaders to assess economic challenges and opportunities. Seminars, conferences, and special events are used to disseminate the Council’s findings and recommendations to experts, government officials, media, policy makers, and the general public. [2]


Contents

[edit] History

The Council on Competitiveness was founded in 1986 by the Chairman of President Regan's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness, John A. Young.[3] The current Chairmen is Charles O. Holliday, CEO of DuPont. The Council on Competitiveness has had seven Chairmen throughout it's 22 year history. A complete list can be found here: [1]

[edit] Current Initiatives

[edit] Compete 2.0

How will the U.S compete in the future global economy in which new competitors exert increasing economic strength? How will the globalization of enterprises, crucial networks and skilled workforces affect America’s competitiveness? The Compete 2.0 Initiative takes a in-depth look at these competitiveness challenges in talent, investment and infrastructure – benchmarking the empirical trends and planning a strategic path to a more prosperous future. [4] Link: http://www.compete.org/about-us/initiatives/compete2.0

[edit] Energy Security, Innovation & Sustainability (ESIS)

Energy, security, and sustainability directly influence the productivity of U.S. companies and the standard of living for all Americans, making them critical U.S. competitiveness issues. The goal of the ESIS Initiative is to drive private sector demand for sustainable energy solutions and to support the creation of new industries, markets and jobs. [5] Link: http://www.compete.org/about-us/initiatives/esis/

[edit] Global Innovation

The goal of the Council’s Global Initiative is to increase the ability of American firms to access and succeed in global markets. This is achieved by focusing on the role of corporate stewardship to support innovation-driven growth abroad, influence trade and foreign policy goals, and address critical global competitiveness challenges. The Global Initiative builds strategic innovation partnerships among public and private sector leaders in the U.S. and abroad to deal with the changing nature of global competition. [6] Link: http://www.compete.org/about-us/initiatives/gii

[edit] High Performance Computing (HPC)

The Council has brought together a group of 40 executives on behalf of private and public sector supercomputer users, hardware and software developers, and government funding agencies. This initiative is designed to stimulate and facilitate wider usage of HPC across the private sector to drive productivity and competitiveness. [7] Link: http://www.compete.org/about-us/initiatives/hpc

[edit] National Innovation

With the U.S. facing new challenges to its global leadership in innovation, the Council launched the National Innovation Initiative (NII). More than 500 leaders from industry, academia, government and the non-profit sector were brought together to face these challenges. The NII set the goals to create a consensus for action, to hone our understanding of changes in the innovation process, and to advocate an agenda to make the United States the most fertile and attractive environment for innovation. [8] Link: http://www.compete.org/about-us/initiatives/nii

[edit] Regional Innovation

Even as technology, capital and knowledge circulate internationally, the levers of national prosperity are, in fact, becoming more localized. In reaction to this trend, the Council launched its Regional Innovation Initiative (RII). RII is helping regions create economic development strategies that will attract talented residents and support the development of highly innovative firms. [9] Link: http://www.compete.org/about-us/initiatives/rii

[edit] Benchmarking: Where America Stands

The Council’s competitive agenda is based in empirical data, enhanced by the insight and experience of our members. The Council’s flagship product, the Competitiveness Index, tracks global and national economic performance and competitiveness drivers. In 2008, the Council plans on launching the Compete 2.0 campaign, featuring targeted assessments at the cutting-edge of competitiveness and to showcase strategic opportunities for the United States to capture high-value activities and investments in a world of more nearly equal competitors. [10] The Competitiveness Index can be viewed here [2]

[edit] Upcoming Events

For a complete list of upcoming events, click here[3]

[edit] Publications

The Council's publications are available for download in PDF format at this website: http://www.compete.org/publications/

[edit] Members

[edit] Board

[edit] Executive Committee

[11]

[edit] General Members

[12]

[edit] Important Note

The list of current members of the Council and current initiatives are both as of June 11th, 2008, and are subject to change.

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.compete.org/about-us/
  2. ^ http://www.compete.org/about-us/
  3. ^ http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/execteam/bios/young.html
  4. ^ http://www.compete.org/about-us/initiatives/
  5. ^ http://www.compete.org/about-us/initiatives/
  6. ^ http://www.compete.org/about-us/initiatives/
  7. ^ http://www.compete.org/about-us/initiatives/
  8. ^ http://www.compete.org/about-us/initiatives/
  9. ^ http://www.compete.org/about-us/initiatives/
  10. ^ http://www.compete.org/about-us/initiatives/
  11. ^ http://www.compete.org/about-us/members-and-affiliates/
  12. ^ http://www.compete.org/about-us/members-and-affiliates/