Competitiveness

Alaska’s Place in the Rankings
1st Budget Gap
1st State and Local Tax Burden
2nd Business Tax Climate
2nd Short-term Job Growth
2nd Economic Output Per Job
3rd Long-term Job Growth
3rd Small Business Lending
3rd High Speed Broadband Intensity
5th Academic R&D Intensity
5th College Affordability
6th Gross State Product Growth
6th STEM Job Growth
8th Productivity Growth
10th Per Capita Income Growth
12th Job Placement Efficiency
13th STEM Job Concentration
15th Small Business Survival Index
24th Business Birth Rate

Arkansas 2011

Arkansas’ Place in the Rankings
1st Budget Gap
3rd Entrepreneurial Activity
4th Cost of Living
6th Higher-ed Efficiency
6th High School Advanced Placement Intensity
6th Academic R&D Intensity
9th Short-term Job Growth
9th Productivity Growth
9th Per Capita Income Growth
10th Export Intensity Growth
17th STEM Job Growth
17th Job Placement Efficiency
18th Gross State Product Growth
19th Long-term Job Growth
22nd Small Business Lending
24th Small Business Survival Index
24th College Affordability
25th Business Birth Rate

Oklahoma 2011

Oklahoma’s Place in the 2011 Enterprising States Rankings 3rd Cost of Living 4th Gross State Product Growth 4th Productivity Growth 6th Per Capita Income Growth 8th Higher-ed Efficiency 8th College Affordability 14th Long-term Job Growth 14th State and Local Tax Burden 15th Export Growth 16th STEM Job Growth 16th Transportation Infrastructure Performance 18th Business Birth Rate 18th Entrepreneurial Activity 21st Growth in Share of National Exports 21st Small Business Survival Index 22nd Budget Gap 24th Economic Output Per Job

Minnesota 2011

Minnesota’s Place in the Rankings
2nd Median Family Income
2nd Educational Attainment
3rd Job Placement Efficiency
5th Higher-ed Degree Output
10th STEM Job Concentration
10th Transportation Infrastructure Performance
13th High-tech Share of All Businesses
17th High Speed Broadband Availability
20th Growth in Share of National Exports
21st High School Advanced Placement Intensity
22nd Export Intensity
23rd Short-term Job Growth
23rd Economic Output Per Job

North Dakota 2011

Centers of Excellence Program
The Center of Excellence program partners North Dakota campuses with business and invests directly in the infrastructure, research capacity, and commercialization capabilities at the state’s colleges and universities.
Over the past biennium, $20 million in state Centers of Excellence funding has leveraged more than $70 million in additional funding for research and development in agriculture, renewable energy, advanced manufacturing and business technology.

Kansas 2011

Kansas’ Place in the Rankings
6th Transportation Infrastructure Performance
7th Cost of Living
9th College Affordability
10th Median Family Income
14th Export Intensity Growth
15th Higher-ed Efficiency
16th Productivity Growth
16th Export Intensity
18th Growth in Share of National Exports
18th Budget Gap
21st Per Capita Income Growth
21st Export Growth
22nd Higher-ed Degree Output
23rd High-tech Share of All Businesses
24th Academic R&D Intensity
20th Educational Attainment

New Mexico 2011

New Mexico Partnership (NMPNMPNMP)

Created in 2003, the New Mexico Partnership is a public-private economic development organization that works to attract new businesses to the state. Funded by the public and private sectors, NMP acts as a “one stop resource” for businesses examining establishing a presence in New Mexico.
In order to attract companies from sectors including aerospace, agriculture processing, renewable energy, and manufacturing, the NMP offers interested companies access to a variety of services aimed at easing barriers to establishing a presence in the state.

Vermont 2011

Vermont’s Place in the Rankings
3rd Short-term Job Growth
6th High Speed Broadband Availability
7th Higher-ed Degree Output
7th Transportation Infrastructure Performance
9th Export Intensity
9th Educational Attainment
10th High Speed Broadband Intensity
11th High School Advanced Placement Intensity
13th Per Capita Income Growth
13th Academic R&D Intensity
14th Entrepreneurial Activity
18th High-tech Share of All Businesses
20th Median Family Income
20th STEM Job Concentration
22nd Productivity Growth
22nd Long-term Job Growth

Colorado 2011

Colorado’s Place in the Rankings
1st Small Business Lending
2nd High-tech Share of All Businesses
2nd Academic R&D Intensity
3rd Entrepreneurial Activity
5th STEM Job Concentration
7th High School Advanced Placement Intensity
8th Median Family Income
10th Small Business Survival Index
10th Educational Attainment
12th State and Local Tax Burden
14th Business Birth Rate
15th Business Tax Climate
15th Higher-ed Degree Output
15th Productivity Growth
16th High Speed Broadband Availability
17th Gross State Product Growth
18th Economic Output Per Job
19th Transportation Infrastructure Performance
22nd Higher-ed Efficiency
24th Long-term Job Growth
25th College Affordability

License to Kill: Top Job Killers in America

October 8, 2010

Our politicians all seem to agree on at least one thing: There will be no recovery unless America gets back to work. But that’s often where the agreement ends. Once you move on to discuss how to get America back to work, opinions begin to diverge.

Arthur C. Brooks