The purpose of the "Creating a High Performance Economy in Chicago" project is to explore new opportunities for sectoral development. The concept behind this project is that public-private partnerships may be able to stimulate local economic development that contributes to a high performance economy. A high performance economy is one that builds on local business, labor, and infrastructure assets, while simultaneously advancing their quality in order to assure the region's long-term competitiveness.
The research focused on three main tasks: