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Titolo: |
Mastering a new role : shaping technology policy for national economic performance / / Committee on Technology Policy Options in a Global Economy, National Academy of Engineering
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Pubblicazione: | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (144 p.) |
Disciplina: | 338.973 |
Soggetto topico: | Industrial policy - United States |
High technology industries - Government policy - United States | |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 110-121) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 -- NOTES -- 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 -- NOTES -- 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& -- D investment in the U.S. economy and close emerging gaps in the nation's civilian technology ... -- 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: -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Biographical Information About the Committee -- STUDY DIRECTOR -- Index. | |
Titolo autorizzato: | Mastering a new role ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-280-20337-4 |
9786610203376 | |
0-309-58407-8 | |
0-585-02627-0 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910827566703321 |
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