Rising to the challenge : U.S. innovation policy for the global economy / Committee on Comparative National Innovation Policies: Best Practice for the 21st Century, Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, Policy and Global Affairs; Charles W. Wessner and Alan Wm. Wolff, editors.
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.
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