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Mastering a new role : shaping technology policy for national economic performance / Committee on Technology Policy Options in a Global Economy, National Academy of Engineering.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Academy of Engineering. Committee on Technology Policy Options in a Global Economy.
- Series:
- Series on prospering in a global economy.
- Series on prospering in a global economy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Industrial policy--United States.
- Industrial policy.
- High technology industries--Government policy--United States.
- High technology industries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (144 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1993.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Argues that the US government must take on the role of enhancing economic performance by helping the private economy develop and diffuse technology, and makes recommendations, many of which include hiring more engineers. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
- Contents:
- Mastering a New Role
- Copyright
- Preface
- Contents
- Executive Summary
- TRENDS AND CHALLENGES
- GOALS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
- Goal: Foster the timely adoption and effective use of commercially valuable technology throughout the U.S. economy
- Goal: Increase civilian R&
- D investment in the U.S. economy and close emerging gaps in the nation's civilian technology ...
- Goal: Access and exploit foreign technology and high-tech markets more effectively to advance the interests of U.S. citizens
- Goal: Create a strong institutional framework for federal technology policy in support of national e ...
- 1 Background: The Postwar U.S. Technology Enterprise
- FOUR DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE U.S. TECHNOLOGY ENTERPRISE
- The Primacy of Public Missions
- The Priority of Research and Development in Postwar Policy
- The Division of Roles Between the Public and Private Sectors
- The "Nonsystem" of U.S. Science and Technology Policymaking
- THE POSTWAR PERFORMANCE OF THE U.S. TECHNOLOGY ENTERPRISE IN PERSPECTIVE
- NOTES
- 2 The Changing Demands on National Technology Policy and Strategy
- RISING TECHNICAL INTENSITY AND THE REVOLUTION IN PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
- The Rising Technical Intensity of Industries
- The Revolution in Production Systems
- TOWARD A TECHNOLOGICALLY MULTIPOLAR AND INTERDEPENDENT WORLD
- Converging Capabilities in Technology Creation and Commercial Use
- Deepening Economic and Technological Interdependence
- The Internationalization of Technology Development and Diffusion
- THE GEOPOLITICAL PREMIUM ON ECONOMIC STRENGTH
- CONCLUSION: WEAKNESSES EXPOSED
- 3 Strengths and Weaknesses of the U.S. Technology Enterprise
- STRENGTHS OF THE U.S. TECHNOLOGY ENTERPRISE
- A Large, Productive Basic Research Enterprise
- A Large, Sophisticated Domestic Market.
- Incubator of New Industries, Products, and Services
- The Strength of U.S. High-Tech Industries
- WEAKNESSES OF THE U.S. TECHNOLOGY ENTERPRISE
- Outmoded Managerial and Organizational Approaches
- Gaps in Work Force Training and Continuing Education
- Underinvestment in Production Processes, Methods, and Equipment
- The Economy's Low Civilian R&
- D Intensity and Narrow R&
- D Portfolio
- Imbalances and Gaps in U.S. Company R&
- D Portfolios
- Gaps in the Nation's R&
- D Portfolio: The Generic Technology Challenge
- Underinvestment in Technical Outreach
- The Nonsystem of Technology Policymaking
- CONCLUSION: THE NEED FOR CHANGE
- 4 A New Mission for U.S. Technology
- UNDERLYING TRENDS AND RESULTING CHALLENGES
- FOUR GOALS OF A NEW NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY
- RECOMMENDED POLICY ACTIONS
- Goal 1: Foster the timely adoption and effective use of commercially valuable technology throughout ...
- Policy actions to achieve Goal 1:
- Goal 2: Increase civilian R&
- Policy actions to achieve Goal 2:
- Goal 3: Access and exploit foreign technology and high-tech markets more effectively to advance the interests of U.S. citizen
- Policy actions to achieve Goal 3:
- Goal 4: Create a strong institutional framework for federal technology policy in support of national ...
- Policy Action to Achieve Goal 4:
- REFERENCES
- Biographical Information About the Committee
- STUDY DIRECTOR
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 110-121) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786610203376
- 9781280203374
- 1280203374
- 9780309584074
- 0309584078
- 9780585026275
- 0585026270
- OCLC:
- 42854297
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