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The creation and adoption of new products, services, technologies and business models drives economic growth. Improving America’s standard of living and competitive edge depends on the nation’s ability to innovate. Without a targeted federal partnership, U.S. competitiveness will slip and economic growth will lag. Brookings experts describe how America’s innovation efforts may—or may not—be enough.
Solar panels are pictured in the Nevada Desert as U.S. President Barack Obama visited the Copper Mountain Solar Project in Boulder City, Nevada (REUTERS/Jason Reed).
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DOE’s Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative Leverages Regions
May 6, 2013, Scott Andes and Mark Muro
The U.S. Department of Energy hopes to increase manufacturing innovation with the new Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative. Scott Andes and Mark Muro break down the Initiative's regional approach to clean energy.
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The airspace [for the FAA's six drone test sites], under the current schedule, opens up [in] 2015...and so we will see one of the most fundamental shifts in who and how you can use the airspace above us. February 26, 2013, Peter W. Singer, National Public Radio
The airspace [for the FAA's six drone test sites], under the current schedule, opens up [in] 2015...and so we will see one of the most fundamental shifts in who and how you can use the airspace above us.
If you ask a particular citizen or business located in Boston or a suburb of Boston why they stay, they’ll tell you they want clean streets, they want safe streets, they want good schools, they want fluid traffic and transport options, they want a government that’s actually transparent. February 20, 2013, Bruce Katz, Business Insider
Innovation tends to happen best when you’re drawing on diverse and loosely connected networks. Metropolitan areas bring together people whose ideas intermix, recombine and explode in new directions. February 18, 2013, Jennifer Bradley
Innovation tends to happen best when you’re drawing on diverse and loosely connected networks. Metropolitan areas bring together people whose ideas intermix, recombine and explode in new directions.
[Colorado] is entering a period where it has an opportunity to be the Silicon Valley of space. February 5, 2013, Mark Muro, The Associated Press
[Colorado] is entering a period where it has an opportunity to be the Silicon Valley of space.
A strong innovation system is a critical contributor to prosperity. February 1, 2013, Mark Muro, USA Today
A strong innovation system is a critical contributor to prosperity.
While partisan politics continues to paralyze Washington, leaders in states and municipalities across the country are moving forward with innovative solutions that address the many economic challenges we will face in the coming years. January 18, 2013, Bruce Katz
While partisan politics continues to paralyze Washington, leaders in states and municipalities across the country are moving forward with innovative solutions that address the many economic challenges we will face in the coming years.
[While] partisan politics continues to paralyze Washington, leaders in states and municipalities across the country are moving forward with innovative solutions that address the many economic challenges we will face in the coming years. January 18, 2013, Bruce Katz
[While] partisan politics continues to paralyze Washington, leaders in states and municipalities across the country are moving forward with innovative solutions that address the many economic challenges we will face in the coming years.
What matters, particularly in this country post-recession, is to what extent is your city making things or providing services that are being sold within the United States and being sold abroad. December 11, 2012, Bruce Katz, Business Insider
What matters, particularly in this country post-recession, is to what extent is your city making things or providing services that are being sold within the United States and being sold abroad.
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December 7, 2012, Bruce Katz
Leaders must be very intentional in raising the skills and education levels of the fastest-growing portions of our population. Our global competitiveness, our innovative capacities, will hinge on our ability to arm Latinos, Asians and African Americans with the skills and tools they need to thrive in our economy. October 10, 2012, Amy Liu, Nashville Business Journal
Leaders must be very intentional in raising the skills and education levels of the fastest-growing portions of our population. Our global competitiveness, our innovative capacities, will hinge on our ability to arm Latinos, Asians and African Americans with the skills and tools they need to thrive in our economy.
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