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Finding and nurturing competitive advantage in the UK economy
3rd February 2010
A superb comment piece from John Rose chief executive of Rolls-Royce plc that is well suited to students of competitiveness and globalisation and the challenges and opportunities for British business
“We start with some real assets: a history of scientific excellence, the world’s sixth-largest manufacturing output, well-developed high-value service activities and four of the world’s top ten universities. If we exploit these advantages effectively, we can become a preferred location for high-value companies, with a clear understanding of where our competitive advantage lies, and with a better balanced, more resilient economy than we have chosen for ourselves today.”
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John Rose also delivered a lecture on these themes to the RSA a few weeks ago - a video can be found here
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.