| Description |
viii, 431 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
The race for global innovation advantage -- Explaining U.S. economic decline -- Learning from the wrong masters: lessons from UK industrial decline -- Why do so many refuse to see U.S. structural economic decline? -- What are innovation and innovation policy and why are they important? -- Crafting innovation policy to win the race -- Cheating as a way to win the race: innovation mercantilism as the strategy of choice -- Winning the race for innovation advantage with the eight "I's" of innovation policy -- The only thing we have to fear is fear itself: why don't we have more innovation and more innovation policy? -- Can nations overcome the barriers to innovation? -- Creating a robust global innovation system |
| Summary |
Explores how a weak innovation economy has delayed America's recovery from the Great Recession and how innovation in the US compares with that in other developed and developing nations. The authors also lay out a detailed, pragmatic road map for America to regain its global innovation advantage by 2020 |
| Analysis |
Australia overseas comparisons |
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Economic growth |
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Industrial studies |
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Industry policy |
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Innovation |
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Macroeconomics |
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Political economy |
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Statistics |
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Technological change |
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Trends |
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United States |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Diffusion of innovations -- United States.
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Industrial policy -- United States.
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Technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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Technological innovations -- Economic aspects.
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| Author |
Ezell, Stephen J., author
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| LC no. |
2012006642 |
| ISBN |
0300168993 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780300168990 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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