3. Develop Business Plans around
Competitive Ad vantages & Assets
Global markets are changing the very fabric of how
business is done. Along with the opportunity to attract
billions of customers for American companies, we are at
the same time faced with the parallel threat of an increase
in global competition. With high speed broadband dramatically
improving infrastructure to manufacture and
deliver goods to market, and rising skills, China and
other developing nations are fundamentally changing the
concept of a modern day supply chain. This new inter connectivity
of markets and the speed of globalization
require a renewed effort on core competitive advantages.
Cities, regions, states, and countries need to prioritize investments
that build on strengths and, equally important,
have a plan to market those competencies nationally and
internationally.