But this drive for competitiveness at some businesses is apparently insufficient to overcome the country's economic troubles.
Evolution has built in a drive for male competitiveness and status-seeking because it is attractive to women; there's no need for the drive to be conscious.
President Obama has often described his push to fund "clean" energy technology as key to America's drive for international competitiveness as well as a way to combat climate change.
But his vision, despite his own retiring nature, of connecting people through the ether has remained remarkably coherent, as has his appetite for risk .You have to be driven by competitiveness, which is usually driven by adversity," he told the Academy that day, a decade ago.
He has been trading Warhols for over 40 years, but says that "you need new collectors for competitiveness and creative juices".Nowadays the two dealers who drive the Warhol market are Mr Gagosian and Mr Mugrabi.
The integration of various clean technologies, like electric cars, batteries and solar panels, are mutually reinforcing the drive towards competitiveness".
The coalition is misguided in the belief that having multiple providers ensures that quality care will be driven through competitiveness.
We are doing this for sports reasons, for competitiveness".
"And a low currency makes for competitiveness" among European exporters.
That brought double-digit growth, but did little for competitiveness.
A single set of rules is good for competitiveness, good for big business, good for SMEs.
