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