Initiatives

Compete 2.0

How will America compete in the future global economy in which new competitors exert increasing economic power? How will the globalization of enterprises, critical networks and skilled workforces affect America’s competitiveness? The Compete 2.0 Initiative takes a close look at these competitiveness challenges in talent, investment and infrastructure – benchmarking the empirical trends and charting a strategic path to a more prosperous future.
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Energy Security, Innovation & Sustainability

Energy security and sustainability directly impact the productivity of U.S. companies and the standard of living for all Americans, making them key U.S. competitiveness issues. The goal of the Energy Security, Innovation and Sustainability (ESIS) Initiative is to drive private sector demand for sustainable energy solutions and to support the creation of new industries, markets and jobs.
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Global Innovation

The goal of the Council’s Global Initiative is to improve the ability of U.S. 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, impact trade and foreign policy goals, and address key global competitiveness challenges. The Global Initiative builds strategic innovation partnerships among public and private sector leaders in the United States and abroad to address the changing nature of global competition.
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High Performance Computing (HPC)

The Council has brought together a group of 40 executives representing private and public sector supercomputer users, hardware and software developers, and government funding agencies. This initiative is intended to stimulate and facilitate wider usage of HPC across the private sector to propel productivity and competitiveness.
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National Innovation

With the United States 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 meet these challenges. The NII set the goals to create a consensus for action, sharpen our understanding of changes in the innovation process, and advocate an agenda to make the United States the most fertile and attractive environment for innovation.
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Regional Innovation

Even as technology, capital and knowledge diffuse internationally, the levers of national prosperity are, in fact, becoming more localized. In response to this trend, the Council launched its Regional Innovation Initiative (RII). RII is assisting regions to create economic development strategies that will attract talented residents and support the development of highly innovative firms.
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Benchmarking: Where America Stands

The Council’s competitive agenda is rooted in empirical data, enriched by the insight and experience of our members. Its flagship product, the Competitiveness Index, tracks global and national economic performance and competitiveness drivers. In 2008, the Council is 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.