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"Staying on Top: Winning the Job Wars of the Future" is the Research Triangle Region's competitiveness plan, developed by a CEO task force and implemented voluntarily by more than 70 partner organizations across the 13-county Research Triangle Region.
It spells out a five-year, $5 million action agenda to create 100,000 new jobs in the region and boost employment in all thirteen counties. Key strategies are:
- Promote the growth of industry clusters where the region has a competitive advantage.
- Use a balanced approach of targeted recruitment, global branding, business creation and existing business retention.
- Integrate higher education into economic development efforts.
- Develop creative, inclusive approaches to rural prosperity.
- Create agile leadership networks to respond to market challenges, changes and opportunities.
The strategies are designed to support the growth of these 10 industry clusters:
- Pharmaceuticals
- Biological Agents/Infectious Diseases
- Agricultural Biotechnology
- Pervasive Computing
- Advanced Medical Care
- Analytical Instrumentation
- Nanoscale Technologies
- Informatics
- Automotive Parts Manufacturing
- Logistics and Distribution
For information on the regional competitiveness initiative, contact RTRP Executive Vice President Ted Abernathy at (919) 840-7372 ext. 12 or tabernathy@researchtriangle.org.
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