21st century innovation systems for Japan and the United States : lessons from a decade of change : report of a symposium / Sadao Nagaoka ... [et al.] ; Committee on Comparative Innovation Policy: Best Practice for the 21st Century, Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, Policy and Global Affairs, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nagaoka, Sadao, 1952-

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Comparative Innovation Policy: Best Practice for the 21st Century.

National Research Council (U.S.). Policy and Global Affairs.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technological innovations--Japan--Congresses.

Technological innovations.

Technological innovations--United States--Congresses.

High technology industries--Government policy--United States--Congresses.

High technology industries.

High technology industries--Government policy--Japan--Congresses.

Technological innovations--International cooperation--Congresses.

Academic-industrial collaboration--United States--Congresses.

Academic-industrial collaboration.

Academic-industrial collaboration--Japan--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Recognizing that a capacity to innovate and commercialize new high-technology products is increasingly a key for the economic growth in the environment of tighter environmental and resource constraints, governments around the world have taken active steps to strengthen their national innovation systems. These steps underscore the belief of these governments that the rising costs and risks associated with new potentially high-payoff technologies, their spillover or externality-generating effects and the growing global competition, require national R&D programs to support the innovations by new and existing high-technology firms within their borders. The National Research Council's Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP) has embarked on a study of selected foreign innovation programs in comparison with major U.S. programs. The "21st Century Innovation Systems for the United States and Japan: Lessons from a Decade of Change" symposium reviewed government programs and initiatives to support the development of small- and medium-sized enterprises, government-university- industry collaboration and consortia, and the impact of the intellectual property regime on innovation. This book brings together the papers presented at the conference and provides a historical context of the issues discussed at the symposium.

Contents:

Contents

I. INTRODUCTION: The Chrysanthemum Meets the Eagle The Co-evolution of Innovation Policies in Japan and the United States

II. OVERVIEW

III. SYMPOSIUM PAPERS: Technology Policies in Japan: 1990 to the Present

Reform of University Research System in Japan: Where Do They Stand?

Government's Evolving Role in Supporting Corporate R&D in the United States: Theory, Practice, and Results in the Advanced Technology Program

Government Programs to Encourage Innovation by Startups and SMEs: The Role of Innovation Awards

Programs to Stimulate Startups and Entrepreneurship in Japan: Experiences

Economic Impacts of International R&D Coordination: SEMATECH and the International Technology Roadmap

Semiconductor Consortia in Japan: Experiences and Lessons for the Future

Issues in and Possible Reforms of the U.S. Patent System

Reform of Patent System in Japan and Challenges

Industry-University R&D Partnerships in the United States

University-Industry Partnerships in Japan

The Connected Science Model for Innovation- The DARPA Role

Public-Private Linkage in Biomedical Research in Japan Lessons of the 1990's

IV. Appendixes

Appendix A: Symposium Agenda

Appendix B: Bibliography.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-283).

ISBN:

9780309119788

0309119782

OCLC:

923280210