INNOVATION
Innovation Policy in Tough Times on Tight Budgets
Jonathan Sallet explains the need to move place-based technology innovation policy forward, especially in difficult economic times.
EDUCATION
The Words Tell the Story
While touting the goals of competitiveness and job creation, the “Pledge to America” ignores innovation and education as systemic prerequisites for sustainable economic growth.
Innovation
Shape Shifting
Public policymakers need to grasp these converging distinctions to ensure our economy remains competitive and entrepreneurial.
INNOVATION
Silos of Small Beer
Older industrial areas such as Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Akron, and Youngstown are places with substantial infrastructure and a proud industrial heritage that are struggling to redefine themselves in the global economy. Entrepreneurship and innovation are the most viable strategies for the economic future of the region.
INNOVATION
Jumpstarting Sustainable American Jobs
The federal government should partner with venture capitalists to help our nation’s innovative small businesses build the equity capital they need to grow and prosper in the United States.
INNOVATION
Re-Thinking Innovation
For the networks of scholars who study innovation to fully understand the process, they must examine innovation in a networked world.
INNOVATION
Unintended Consequences
After a decade of federal investment in nanotechnology research, we know much we weren’t expecting to learn—about innovation, environmental protection, and the social implications of emerging technologies.
ENLIGHTENMENT
How Science Sparked Democracy
There are intimate connections between the scientific advances that expanded the frontiers of human knowledge and the democratic experiments that expanded the frontiers of human liberty.
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
Investing in Recovery and Discovery
NIH funding directly and indirectly contributes to good jobs and is a proven engine of economic growth.
STEM CELLS
China’s Recipe for Stem Cell Success
Stem cell science has advanced rapidly in China, but the field suffers from a lack of adequate regulation for clinical applications in the country. The time is ripe for international collaboration.
INNOVATION
Gadgets for Gathering Evidence Are Not Evidence of Better Policing
The idea that police work should be evidence-based and use the best available scientific research to guide crime control decisions is still an innovative and radical concept.
INNOVATION
A First-Place Budget for Science
The budget request for fiscal year 2011 that the Obama administration released on Monday includes foundational investments that will help the United States remain the leader among innovative nations.
President’s Budget Aims to Recharge Regional Innovation
Investing in innovation is a critical component of long-term economic prosperity, and the president’s FY2011 budget request includes two notable provisions that will support regional science and technology clusters. The administration is asking for $75 million “to support the creation [...]
INNOVATION
Chinese Science Rising?
There is no reason for us to fear for our scientific advantage, but we should be resolute in cultivating U.S. research, development, and innovation.
INNOVATION CLUSTERS
Bringing New Ideas to Market
The Obama administration’s push for innovation to boost economic competitiveness requires better strategic links between federal agencies and universities.
INNOVATION FINANCE
Angels Sometimes Need Help, Too
Early-stage investors in innovation companies—angel investors—and the founders of start-up companies they support financially, warrant investment support. Here’s one intriguing idea.
INNOVATION
Letter from Kyoto
Rekindling an innovation economy focused on regional clusters would go far to making Americans productive and optimistic again.
INNOVATION
The Science of Recovery
Investing in research and innovation can unleash Americans’ talents for discovery and entrepreneurship, says Congressman Holt.
INNOVATION CLUSTERS
The Geography of Innovation
The federal government can assume a vital role in which it frames critical national challenges, facilitates the flow of information and expertise to and between regions, and helps finance, in a competitive and leveraged fashion, valuable activities that innovation clusters would otherwise be unable to undertake.
INNOVATION CLUSTERS
Capital Markets Matter
Two financial crises—the dotcom meltdown and the current credit crisis—continue to inhibit the financing of young, innovative companies, requiring critical regulatory reform.
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