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Main Title Rising to the challenge : U.S. innovation policy for the global economy /
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Author Title of a Work
Wessner, Charles W.
Wolff, Alan Wm.
CORP Author National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Comparative National Innovation Policies: Best Practice for the 21st Century.
Publisher The National Academies Press,
Year Published 2012
OCLC Number 1313139071
ISBN 9780309255516; 0309255511
Subjects Technological innovations--Government policy--United States ; Economic policy ; United States--Economic policy--21st century
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ELBM  HC110.T4N3765 2012 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 07/06/2022
Collation xxiii, 573 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-573).
Contents Notes
Chapter 1: The innovation challenge: America's innovation challenges -- New trends in global innovation -- The pillars of U.S. innovative strength -- Responding to the innovation challenge -- Chapter 2: Sustaining leadership in innovation: Improving framework conditions, substantially increasing R&D funding, institutional support for applied research -- Strengthening manufacturing -- Providing early stage finance -- Developing twenty-first century universities -- Investing in modern S&T parks -- Growing innovation clusters -- Hunting for global talent, the way forward -- Chapter 3: Findings -- Chapter 4: Recommendations -- Chapter 5: The new global competitive environment: Emerging powers -- Newly industrialized economies -- Industrialized nation case studies -- Chapter 6: National support for emerging industries: Seminconductors -- The photovoltaic industry -- Advanced batteries -- Pharmaceuticals and biopharmaceuticals -- In closing -- Chapter 7: Clusters and regional initiatives: The innovation challenge, policies to foster innovation, regional innovation clusters -- Twenty-first century research and industry -- In closing