"The administration believes firmly that regulations can both be more effective and consistent with American competitiveness," a senior White House official said this morning.
Yet, perhaps in a testament to Yoho's competitiveness, the senior was mildly disappointed when he crossed the finish line.
Similarly, a report Mr. Hollande and Ms. Merkel were given on Thursday on competitiveness and growth, prepared by two senior businessmen, one French and the other German, insisted on the necessity of serious structural changes in France.
"Even postponing Congressional consideration of this agreement does tremendous damage to America's competitiveness," said Representative Jim McCrery of Louisiana, the senior Republican on the Ways and Means Committee.
"It might sound weird, but we still have the energy and the competitiveness to get there again," said the senior guard Folarin Campbell, who also started on the 2006 team.
"The Japanese computer makers are losing their competitiveness at an astonishing rate," says Tadaaki Mataga, senior analyst at Gartner Dataquest Japan.
In the world of transforming organizations – helping enterprises make profound changes in their competitiveness, leadership and culture – I often encounter senior leaders who fall into a particularly toxic, unconscious bias trap.
Continuing intense competition made it imperative that senior managers reinvest in reshaping and rationalizing operations to maintain or regain competitiveness.
Others involved include the U.S. Department of Commerce, which has developed its Sustainable Manufacturing Initiative to support the implementation of sustainable manufacturing practices and explore its implications for U.S. global competitiveness and firm profitability, says Blandine Trouille, a senior trade analyst with the department.
"Five years from now this problem will have to be cured, or the competitiveness of the United States will be dramatically affected," said J. Randall MacDonald, senior vice president for human resources at I.B.M.
