The government role in civilian technology : building a new alliance / Panel on the Government Role in Civilian Technology, Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (U.S.). Panel on the Government Role in Civilian Technology.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology and state--United States.

Technology and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 222 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As U.S. industry faces worldwide challenges, policymakers are asking questions about the role of the federal government--not only in promoting basic research but also in ushering new innovations to the marketplace. This book offers an expert consensus on how government and industry together can respond to the new realities of a global marketplace. The volume offers firm conclusions about policy and organizational changes with the greatest potential to improve our technological competitiveness--and presents three alternative approaches for a new federal role. The volume examines How federal involvement in technology development affects the nation's economic well-being. What we can learn from past federal efforts to stimulate civilian technology development--in the United States and among our major industrial competitors. How trends in productivity, R&D, and other key areas have affected U.S. performance, and how we compare to the world's rising industrial economies. Offering guidance on one of the 1990s most important issues, this volume will be indispensible to federal policymakers, executives in industry and technology, and researchers.

Contents:

""THE GOVERNMENT ROLE IN CIVILIAN TECHNOLOGY""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""OVERVIEW""; ""GUIDELINES FOR FEDERAL INVOLVEMENT""; ""Strengthening Government Technology Programs""; ""Federal Responsibilities Beyond Current Programs""; ""Promoting Investment in Pre-Commercial R&D""; ""THE RATIONALE FOR CHANGE""; ""1 The Environment For Technology Development""; ""PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH""; ""Capital Investment""; ""Demographic Shifts""; ""Rising Energy Prices""; ""Slowdown in Research and Development Spending""; ""TECHNOLOGY CREATION, COMMERCIALIZATION, ADOPTION AND TRANSFER""

""Technology Creation""""Commercialization""; ""Adoption""; ""Technology Transfer""; ""U.S. STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES""; ""THE STRUCTURE OF POSTWAR U.S. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY""; ""OTHER POLICY ISSUES""; ""SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS""; ""NOTES""; ""2 Government Support for Civilian Technology""; ""FEDERAL INVOLVEMENT IN RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY""; ""Federal Support for Basic Research""; ""Government Support Beyond Basic Research""; ""Agriculture""; ""Computers and Microelectronics""; ""The Biomedical Industry""; ""Biotechnology""; ""The Civil Aircraft Industry""; ""Synthetic Fuels""

""Assessing Federal Support""""CURRENT GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT""; ""Government Support of Dual-Use Technology: DARPA""; ""The Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR)""; ""U.S. Commerce Department Programs: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Advanced Technology...""; ""Role of Federal Laboratories in Commercial Technology Development and Transfer""; ""Traditional Missions in a Time of Change""; ""Recent Efforts to Promote Transfer and Commercialization""; ""Examples of Technology Transfer from the Federal Laboratories""

""Potential Contributions of Federal Laboratories to Private Sector Technology Goals""""Guidelines for Improving Technology Transfer""; ""COOPERATION IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT""; ""Foreign Support for Collaborative R&D""; ""Japanese Collaborative R&D Programs: Selected Examples""; ""The Key Technology Center Program""; ""European Cooperative R&D Projects: Selected Examples""; ""Summary""; ""Technology Adoption""; ""Summary""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""NOTES""; ""3 A New Strategy to Facilitate Government Support of Technology""; ""GUIDING PRINCIPLES""; ""Principle 1: Cost Sharing""

""Principle 2: Industry Involvement in Project Initiation and Design""""Principle 3: Insulation from Political Concerns""; ""Principle 4: Diversification of Investments""; ""Principle 5: Projects Open to Foreign Firms Characterized by Substantial Contribution to U.S. Gross...""; ""Principle 6: Program Evaluation""; ""FACILITATING FEDERAL INVESTMENT IN TECHNOLOGY""; ""Expanded Mission Agency Funding of Pre-Commercial R&D""; ""A Civilian Technology Agency (CTA)""; ""Organization and Structure""; ""Advantages of the CTA""; ""Disadvantages of the CTA""; ""The Civilian Technology Corporation""

""Organization and Structure""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-212) and index.

ISBN:

9786610203352

9781280203350

1280203358

9780309583893

0309583896

9780585142982

058514298X

OCLC:

923262671