Innovation Policies for the 21st Century - Report of a Symposium

To mark the opening of a study of Comparative Innovation Policy: Best Practice for the 21st Century the Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP) convened a symposium providing an overview of areas to be examined in the study and topics requiring further policy attention. The event highlighted the policies and programs of leading nations and provided valuable insights into some of the common challenges of growing and supporting high-technology industry and the commercialization of public investments in R&D. This report contains a summary of the symposium proceedings and an introduction analyzing the issues and placing them in a broader policy context.

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• Authors: Board on Science Technology and Economic, Board on Science Technology and Economic Policy, Committee on Comparative Innovation Policy Best Practice for the 21st Century, National Research Council, Policy and Global Affairs
• Assisted by: Charles W Wessner (Editor)
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.07.2007
• EAN: 9780309103169
• ISBN: 978-0-309-10316-9
• No. of pages: 222
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)