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COMPANY INFLUENCE ON U.S. COMPETITIVENESS<br />
ACTION AGENDA<br />
Improving skills (256)<br />
• Create or expand an apprentice<br />
program<br />
• Create or expand a training program<br />
• Partner with a community college,<br />
technical school, or university<br />
Upgrading supporting ind<strong>us</strong>tries (119)<br />
• Identify and increase sourcing from<br />
capable local suppliers<br />
• Men<strong>to</strong>r local suppliers <strong>to</strong> upgrade <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
capabilities<br />
Supporting innovation and<br />
entrepreneurship (56)<br />
• Participate in research collaboratives in<br />
company’s field<br />
• Invest in or incubate promising startups<br />
related <strong>to</strong> company’s b<strong>us</strong>iness<br />
Locating in <strong>the</strong> U.S. (58)<br />
• Move back <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> U.S. b<strong>us</strong>iness activities that<br />
can be productive here<br />
Collaborating on regional b<strong>us</strong>iness<br />
environment development (22)<br />
• Participate in a regional <strong>competitiveness</strong><br />
initiative in your region<br />
Bolstering regional cl<strong>us</strong>ter development (31)<br />
• Participate in a cl<strong>us</strong>ter <strong>competitiveness</strong><br />
initiative in your field<br />
Shifting <strong>the</strong> b<strong>us</strong>iness-government relationship<br />
• Advocate b<strong>us</strong>iness-wide improvements<br />
ra<strong>the</strong>r than lobby <strong>for</strong> special interests<br />
U.S. COMPETITIVENESS PROJECT 22
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