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  • Compete 2

    “Compete.”

    New Challenges, New Answers

    In a major press conference at the National Press Club Wednesday, November 11, the Council on Competitiveness—comprised of CEOs, university presidents and labor leaders—called for America’s new leaders to take bold action to recapture U.S. competitiveness. Chad Holliday, chairman of the Council and chairman and CEO of DuPont, called for an ambitious Compete Agenda that asks the government to transform its approach to workforce training, invest heavily in research and development, launch a national savings bond program to raise capitol for next-generation infrastructure and enact the Council’s 100 Day Action Plan on Energy.
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  • Compete Newsletter Winter 2008

    “Compete Newsletter Winter 2008.”

    As we step into the 21st century, technology complexity and interdependence are increasing the risks for companies and countries alike. Extended and interdependent energy, transportation, information and communications networks can quickly magnify the impact of single point failure —whether triggered by attack or accident. Operational risks were once thought to be a back office concern and trivial in comparison to market and credit risks, but they are becoming “bet-thecompany” risks that merit far more attention.

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  • Engage

    “Engage.”

    A Practitioner’s Guide for Effective Engagement of Business Leaders in Regional Development

    One of the biggest challenges in implementing regional development efforts is recruiting business leaders who lend their insight, influence and financial resources to these projects. This guide lays out a series of recommendations aimed at helping regions recruit, develop and sustain the involvement of business leaders. It is the result of a partnership between the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration’s (ETA) Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) Initiative and the Council on Competitiveness.

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