Competitiveness

Please join ITIF for an online presentation and discussion with Robert D. Atkinson and David Moschella, co-authors of Technology Fears and Scapegoats: 40 Myths About Privacy, Jobs, AI, and Today’s Innovation Economy.

This event will feature keynotes and panels with speakers from GTIPA member organizations; experts on trade, globalization, innovation, and IP policy issues; and leaders from India’s business, academic, and policymaking communities.

The UK government needs to make a choice: competitiveness and growth or heavy-handed regulation in the service of social policy. It can have one but not both.

It would be a shame if Republicans and moderate Democrats wasted this moment by reverting to Reagan-esque, neoliberal nostalgia or incremental reforms. Restoring economic strength will require taking some big swings at policies to advance business-driven innovation.

Companies with less than 9 employees, also known as microbusinesses, reported $7.6 billion in R&D investments in 2022, of which $6.7 billion was invested domestically and $5.7 billion was performed by the microbusiness itself.

On October 24, 2024, President Biden signed a National Security Memorandum governing the use of AI for national security. Overall, it demonstrates that the Biden administration takes the threat of the United States losing the global AI race seriously and recognizes the serious repercussions of falling behind for national security. It serves as a reminder to policymakers about what is at stake

Since 2015, the number of Chinese students enrolling in U.S. PhD programs has decreased by about 3.7 percent, while the probability a Chinese student will enroll in a PhD program in another English-speaking country, such as the UK, Australia, or Canada, has increased by 2.1 percent.

It is often said that the Chinese economy cannot innovate. This is a dangerous assumption.

In the United States, micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises are just 47 percent as productive as large firms, compared to 60 percent in other advanced economies.

The Draghi Report is a monumental but imperfect step in the right direction to correct Europe’s failing competition policy and better drive European innovation and productivity growth.