Rising to the challenge : U.S. innovation policy for the global economy /

This volume draws together our findings from this extensive study while also drawing upon existing research concerning the global competitiveness challenge and the policies and programs that drive it. The report is in two parts. Part I describes the role of innovation in addressing the competitivene...

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Corporate Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Comparative National Innovation Policies: Best Practice for the 21st Century
Other Authors: Wessner, Charles W., Wolff, Alan Wm
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2012.
Series:Online access: National Academy of Sciences National Academies Press.
Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.