Rising to the Challenge: U.S. Innovation Policy for the Global Economy

by National Research Council, Committee on Comparative National Innova, Board on Science Technology and Economic Policy, et al.

America's position as the source of much of the world's global innovation has been the foundation of its economic vitality and military power in the post-war. No longer is U.S. pre-eminence assured as a place to turn laboratory discoveries into new commercial products, companies, industries, and high-paying jobs. As the pillars of the U.S. innovation system erode through wavering financial and policy support, the rest of the world is racing to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309255511
• ISBN13: 9780309255516
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 598 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"