Securing U.S. innovation : the challenge of preserving a competitive advantage in the creation of knowledge / Darren E. Tromblay and Robert G. Spelbrink.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tromblay, Darren E., author.

Spelbrink, Robert G., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technological innovations--Government policy--United States.

Technological innovations.

Technological innovations--Government policy.

United States.

Technology and state--United States.

Technology and state.

Technology transfer--Government policy--United States.

Technology transfer.

Technology transfer--Government policy.

Public-private sector cooperation--United States.

Public-private sector cooperation.

Physical Description:

xix, 283 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Securing United States innovation

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]

Summary:

As experienced by the United States, competition has played out in three distinct types of threat activity: sabotage (the destruction of capabilities), espionage (the theft of specific capabilities), and defection (the carrying of knowledge out of the country). Today, the changing innovation environment has created new challenges. Significant advances are being made in start-ups as well as larger companies who no longer rely on U.S. government contracts. Not only does this place a key element of national power in the hands of the private sector, but it often leaves Washington at an informational disadvantage in understanding technologies. This book analyzes these concepts from the perspective of the U.S. experience in the field of innovation security. Historical and recent examples illustrate the threats to innovation, the various approaches to mitigating them, and how the evolution of the innovative process now requires rethinking how the United States can benefit from and preserve its cutting-edge human capital. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Theoretical and Legal Framework for Understanding the Role of Intelligence in Securing Innovation 1

2 Entities Responsible for Securing U.S. Capacities for Innovation 19

3 Institutions of Innovation Intelligence Collection: From Strategic Intention to Tactical Implementation 65

4 Selling Out: The Risks for Companies Seeking Markets Abroad 99

5 Selling Out: Part II 119

6 Buying In: The Inherent Risks of Foreign Direct Investment 147

7 Buying In: Part II 161

8 The Evolving Relationship between the U.S. Government and Industry in Innovation and Implications for National Security 179

9 Impacts of Innovation Theft on U.S. National Security 205

10 Defending Against and Disrupting Threats to Innovation 221.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Tromblay, Darren E. Securing U.S. innovation.

ISBN:

9781442256347

1442256346

9781442256354

1442256354

OCLC:

950445519