Future national research policies within the industrialized nations : report of a symposium / [sponsored by] Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Research, Industrial--Government policy--Developed countries--Congresses.

Research, Industrial.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 106 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is a summary and proceedings of a symposium sponsored by the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable and the National Science Foundation. It includes presentations by senior government science policy officials and leading scientists who are directly involved in the research and higher education policy formulation processes in various countries. Included are their assessments of current challenges to their national research systems, descriptions of national strategies for meeting these challenges, and a discussion of options for national research systems in the twenty-first century.

Contents:

""Future National Research Policies Within the Industrialized Nations""; ""Copyright""; ""FOREWORD""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PART ONE Symposium Summary""; ""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""DECISION MAKING""; ""National Politics and Research""; ""Strategic Investment""; ""Problem Application""; ""PEOPLE""; ""Numbers""; ""Graduate Students and Research""; ""Mobility""; ""ORGANIZATION""; ""Government Laboratories""; ""University-Industry Ties""; ""International Collaboration""; ""Open Communication""; ""Rapid Adaptation""; ""PART TWO Symposium Presentations""

""THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY""""FILIPPO PANDOLFI""; ""R&D Activity in the EC Member States""; ""R&D Activity of the European Community""; ""Challenges for the Future""; ""PAOLO FASELLA""; ""Human Capital""; ""Small Firms""; ""Large Research Projects""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""GERMANY""; ""HUBERT S. MARKL""; ""R&D Organization in the Federal Republic of Germany""; ""Trends in Size, Mission, and Character of R&D""; ""Future R&D Roles and Responsibilities""; ""German Unification""; ""HEINZ RIESENHUBER""; ""Research Policy Goals""; ""Technological Strategies""; ""Provision for the Future of Mankind""

""Research in Unified Germany""""DISCUSSION""; ""UNITED KINGDOM""; ""SIR DAVID PHILLIPS""; ""Science Base Spending""; ""Science Budget Spending""; ""Industry and International Links""; ""SIR MICHAEL ATIYAH""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""Soviet Union""; ""YURIY A. OSIPYAN""; ""VLADIMIR V. EZHKOV""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""JAPAN""; ""JIRO KONDO""; ""MAKOTO KIKUCHI""; ""The Electronics Revolution""; ""Next Generation Technology""; ""Basic Research in Japan""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""UNITED STATES""; ""D. ALLAN BROMLEY""; ""Basic Research""; ""Technology Development""; ""The Organization of Applied R&D""

""Conclusion""""FRANK PRESS""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""GENERAL DISCUSSION""; ""APPENDIXES""; ""SYMPOSIUM AGENDA""; ""PANELIST BIOGRAPHIES""; ""SYMPOSIUM PARTICIPANTS""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-280-21146-6

9786610211463

0-309-58398-5

0-585-15580-1

OCLC:

923261875