The final sign of a turnaround, which I call "long-term value creation, " occurs if and when the country's leaders seriously address long-term competitiveness issues: quality of products, value-added component of exports, acquisition of state-of-the-art technology and educational reforms.
In addition, everyone agreed that Americans should be as concerned, perhaps even more concerned, with long-term investments that assure long-term American competitiveness.
Some of the weakness in both Germany and its neighbours may reflect the short-term impact of government and corporate reforms, which may be boosting long-term competitiveness, but are also dampening wages and thus consumer spending.
Earlier this week, Mr Kohler said the flagship investment was part of the company's strategy for long-term competitiveness.
Hyundai's Woong-Chul Yang said the move was "imperative to secure long-term competitiveness" and to help "enhance our brand value".
Downing Street also stressed the need for cross-party consensus on an issue that was of "fundamental importance to the long-term competitiveness of the UK".
While the Administration continues to lay the groundwork for long term American competitiveness, we should seize every opportunity to help American workers and entrepreneurs compete internationally right away.
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Patent reform: very important for our long-term competitiveness.
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Short-termism has resulted directly or indirectly in corporate earnings games, the deferral of investments needed for long-term competitiveness and the transformation of investment and commercial banking from a capital-facilitating agency service business into a principal proprietary trading business.
The Jobs Council released a new report in advance of today's meeting that details recommendations to improve our nation's long-term competitiveness by investing in our education system, building on our strengths in manufacturing and energy, and reforming our regulatory and corporate tax systems.
In New Jersey, for instance, the state government struggles to finance critical public works projects that are vital for long-term economic competitiveness, while at the same time public employee benefits are rising at double-digit annual rates.
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If he wants to lecture them about "resolving" the region's long-term debt and competitiveness problems, they might reasonably add, it would be helpful if he could include some specifics.
"This kind of investment is insulated from global uncertainty, and it creates short-term confidence, jobs in the medium term, and improves the UK's competitiveness in the long term".
Yet nothing beats it for long-term value creation or competitiveness.
We must look at improving innovation and competitiveness as a long term proposition.
Empowering these businesses, and embracing an inclusive view of entrepreneurship, is essential to our long-term economic growth and global competitiveness.
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But that is a long-term issue for our economic competitiveness.
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In any event, the fiscal conservatism implied by National's centre-right ideology means that the new government will seek to present most of its policy measures as having a long-term benefit for productivity and competitiveness.
In light of these considerations, there is an obvious need for a rapid assessment of the long-term implications of the project on the competitiveness of the U.S. aerospace industry.
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Opponents in both Houses have, nonetheless, begun to express serious reservations about the FS-X deal, principally on the grounds that the long-term implications for U.S. competitiveness have not been adequately factored into the arrangement.
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Mark Bloomfield is president and CEO of the American Council for Capital Formation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to public policies supportive of saving and investment to promote long-term economic growth, job creation and competitiveness.
The nearly complete focus of the subsequent Congressional energy and climate debate on the primacy of carbon pricing may have ultimately prevented meaningful debate on how to optimize and extend the critical, comprehensive clean energy investments begun under to stimulus and enact a long-term investment strategy to strengthen clean energy competitiveness.
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Italy's competitiveness is an even more worrying long-term concern than the state of its public finances.
It will lead to an even bigger loss of competitiveness and so a reduction in long-term growth.
Long term, such free trade agreements hold great promise for spurring increased competitiveness, including in sectors like agriculture, now largely zombified by decades of government protection.
But Mr. King also had a further message for politicians that some would argue he should have spelt out much more clearly before now: that the only sure-fire way to boost the long-term growth of an economy lies in structural overhauls designed to boost competitiveness and the supply potential of the economy.
The spurt in productivity growth in America has pushed up share prices in anticipation of future productivity gains, and also improved the competitiveness of American goods, thus increasing the dollar's long-term equilibrium level.
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