The only way Western economies will be able to compete and improve their standard of living is by seeing themselves as being involved in a race to the top. That is, firms must improve their value added through innovation in existing industries, and by developing the capability to compete in new and more sophisticated industries, where value added is generally higher.
西方经济体得以在竞争中立足并改善生活条件的唯一出路是认为自己处在一场向上竞争的竞赛中。也就是说，企业必须通过在已有行业中的创新和开发在更新更先进的行业（增加值也会更高）的竞争力来改善它们的增加值。