Making Value for America

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Making Value for America

Embracing the Future of Manufacturing, Technology, and Work

Sociology: work and labour

Authors: National Academy of Engineering, Committee on Foundational Best Practices for Making Value for America

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Language: English

Published by: National Academies Press

Published on: 27th February 2015

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 145 pages

ISBN: 9780309326568


Globalization and Technological Developments

Globalization, developments in technology, and new business models are transforming the way products and services are conceived, designed, made, and distributed in the U.S. and around the world. These forces present challenges - lower wages and fewer jobs for a growing fraction of middle-class workers - as well as opportunities for "makers" and aspiring entrepreneurs to create entirely new types of businesses and jobs. Making Value for America examines these challenges and opportunities and offers recommendations for collaborative actions between government, industry, and education institutions to help ensure that the U.S. thrives amid global economic changes and remains a leading environment for innovation.

Roadmap to Innovation

Filled with real-life examples, Making Value for America presents a roadmap to enhance the nation's capacity to pursue opportunities and adapt to transforming value chains by widespread adoption of best practices, a well-prepared and innovative workforce, local innovation networks to support startups and new products, improved flow of capital investments, and infrastructure upgrades.

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