These soloists create friction and competitiveness, she says, which often takes precedence over collaboration.
George Osborne has raised the prospect of Britain leaving the European Union if the 28-nation bloc fails to undertake fundamental reforms to improve competitiveness, create jobs and protect the rights of countries which are not in the single currency.
The commission said its goals were to increase competitiveness, create jobs, attract more top researchers and simplify funding rules to facilitate scientific breakthroughs in areas like health, food security, clean energy and transport, and raw materials for manufacturing.
If the program succeeds, the report said, it could assure American technical leadership, increase industrial competitiveness, create technology jobs and inspire the nation's youth to pursue careers in science and engineering.
Because prices within a monetary union tend to converge, productivity differences create differences in competitiveness.
In a number of Member States, the markets for certain services have been taken over by professional associations or organisations, which create obstacles restricting competitiveness.
Placing a utility exec as head in the top U.S. trade chair signals that utility companies and clean energy programs are obvious partners in the fight to create jobs and increase global competitiveness (both of which are posed as key recession-busters in a recent Steven Pearlstein column).
The report claims the changes are needed to improve competitiveness and create jobs.
This newly found gas, Liveris wrote, offered "a historic opportunity to strengthen the economy, increase national competitiveness and create jobs".
The bill would "help us create jobs, increase our competitiveness and spur our innovation," Mr. Smith said after the vote.
