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  • Research Triangle

    “Clusters of Innovation Initiative: Research Triangle.”

    This regional report examines the composition and performance of the Research Triangle regional economy, how industry clusters developed and innovation arose, how clusters affected the region’s economic future, and how the region can establish a strategy and action program to drive its economy and clusters forward. The framework employed and the lessons learned apply to many regions of the country.

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  • San Diego Cluster

    “Clusters of Innovation Initiative: San Diego.”

    This regional report examines the composition and performance of the San Diego regional economy, how industry clusters developed and innovation arose, how clusters affected the region’s economic future, and how the region can establish a strategy and action program to drive its economy and clusters forward. The framework employed and the lessons learned apply to many regions of the country.

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  • Wichita Cluster

    “Clusters of Innovation Initiative: Wichita.”

    This regional report examines the composition and performance of the Wichita regional economy, how industry clusters developed and innovation arose, how clusters affected the region’s economic future, and how the region can establish a strategy and action program to drive its economy and clusters forward. The framework employed and the lessons learned apply to many regions of the country.

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  • Competitiveness Index: Where America Stands

    “Competitiveness Index: Where America Stands.”

    Competitiveness Index: Where America Stands benchmarks current U.S. competitiveness against 20 years of domestic and global economic data. The baseline year, 1986, was chosen because it marked the beginning of cyclical expansion in the domestic economy, a high dollar, and an exploding trade deficit, which put the concept of competitiveness on the U.S. national agenda. It also marked the creation of the Council on Competitiveness. The report is a wide-ranging assessment of how the changing global economy presents new challenges for the future.
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  • Cooperate

    “Cooperate.”

    A Practitioner’s Guide for Effective Alignment of Regional Development and Higher Education

    This guide 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. It examines the critical importance of institutions of higher education to the global competitive advantage of regional economies.

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  • HPC Users Survey 2004

    “Council on Competitiveness Study of U.S. Industrial HPC Users.”

    This study was commissioned by the Council on Competitiveness and sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to explore the usage and impact of high-performance computing (HPC) resources in industry and other business sectors, including currently available HPC computers and potential future computers assumed to be dramatically faster and easier to use.

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  • Define.

    “Define.”

    Progressive Dialogue I: The Energy – Competitiveness Relationship

    This report defines the linkages between our nation’s need for greater energy security, the global imperative for environmental sustainability, and U.S. economic competitiveness at the enterprise and national levels.

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  • Define Exec Sum

    “Define. An Executive Summary.”

    This executive summary outlines the key findings that emerged at a high level expert convening focused on defining the linkages between our nation’s need for greater energy security, the global imperative for environmental sustainability, and U.S. economic competitiveness at the enterprise and national levels.

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  • Microsoft Masses HPC

    “Delivering High Performance Computing to the Masses.”

    Microsoft is working with the NSF-funded National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois to develop high performance computing software products that can be used by hundreds of thousands of users. As high performance computing has moved out of the government laboratories and universities and is being adopted more broadly throughout the public and private sectors, the need for out-of-the box supercomputing software is growing rapidly. The supercomputer center and Microsoft engineers work as a team—engaging in a two-way knowledge transfer—that allows the software company to develop new software and tools to “deliver HPC to the masses.”
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  • Motorola HPC

    “Driving the Cellular Revolution With the Help of High Performance Computing.”

    Since 1986, Motorola has been using high performance computing to model cellular networks and telephones, an approach that has given them a clear competitive advantage and made the company a leader in wireless communications. The firm accesses the supercomputers at the NSF-funded University of Illinois National Center for Supercomputing Applications to create highly complex models of their wireless devices and infrastructure as different communications technologies emerge. They are now creating models that reflect the newest generation of cellular systems. Their work continues to help Motorola retain its leadership position in the global wireless marketplace.

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