21st Century Innovation Systems for Japan and the United States: Lessons from a Decade of Change: Report of a Symposium

by Board on Science Technology and Economic Policy, National Research Council, Policy and Global Affairs, et al.

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309136628
• ISBN13: 9780309136624
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.0"