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      Strategic Engagement in Global S&T: Opportunities for Defense Research

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Global Science and Technology,Committee on Globalization of Science and Technology: Opportunities and Challenges for the Department of Defense

      According to recent reports, the United States currently accounts for less than one-third of global research and development spending, and it is projected that this fraction will decline to 18%…

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      The New Global Ecosystem in Advanced Computing: Implications for U.S. Competitiveness and National Security

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Global Science and Technology,Committee on Global Approaches to Advanced Computing

      Computing and information and communications technology (ICT) has dramatically changed how we work and live, has had profound effects on nearly every sector of society, has transformed whole industries, and…

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      Complex Operational Decision Making in Networked Systems of Humans and Machines: A Multidisciplinary Approach

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Global Science and Technology,Committee on Integrating Humans, Machines and Networks: A Global Review of Data-to-Decision Technologies

      Over the last two decades, computers have become omnipresent in daily life. Their increased power and accessibility have enabled the accumulation, organization, and analysis of massive amounts of data. These…

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      Innovation Inducement Prizes at the National Science Foundation

      Committee on the Design of an NSF Innovation Prize,National Research Council

      Following a congressional directive in its FY 2006 Appropriations Act, the National Science Foundation asked the STEP Board to propose a plan for administering prizes to individuals or teams that…

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      Trends in Federal Support of Research and Graduate Education

      Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,Technology and Economic Policy,Committee on Trends in Federal Spending on Scientific and Engineering Research,National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs

      The Board on Science, Technology and Economic Policy improved its 1999 analysis (Appendix A, Securing America’s Industrial Strength, 1999) of changes since 1990 in the distribution of federal research funding…

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      Aeronautics Innovation: NASA’s Challenges and Opportunities

      Committee on Innovation Models for Aeronautics Technologies,National Research Council,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,Policy and Global Affairs,National Academy of Sciences

      NASA is a global leader in aeronautics research and development aEURO fostering advances in aviation safety and emissions, propulsion technology, and many other areas. And the agency’s Aeronautics Research Mission…

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      Lost Crops of the Incas: Little-known Plants of the Andes with Promise for Worldwide Cultivation

      National Research Council

      Contains information about more than 30 different Incan crops that promise to follow the potato’s lead and become important contributors to the world’s food supply. This work includes color photographs…

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      Reaping the Benefits of Genomic and Proteomic Research: Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation, and Public Health

      Committee on Intellectual Property Rights in Genomic and Protein Research and Innovation,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Recommends 13 actions that policy-makers, courts, universities, and health and patent officials should take to prevent the complex web of IP protections from getting in the way of potential breakthroughs…

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      Intangible Assets: Measuring and Enhancing Their Contribution to Corporate Value and Economic Growth: Summary of a Workshop

      National Research Council

      Intangible assets–which include computer software, research and development (R&D), intellectual property, workforce training, and spending to raise the efficiency and brand identification of firms–comprise a subset of services, which, in…

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      Meeting Global Challenges: German-U.S. Innovation Policy: Summary of a Symposium

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,Committee on Comparative National Innovation Policies: Best Practice for the 21st Century

      Summary of symposium presentation and an introduction examining the policy issues raised in the conference, held by Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP).

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      Flexible Electronics for Security, Manufacturing, and Growth in the United States: Summary of a Symposium

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,Committee on Best Practice in National Innovation Programs for Flexible Electronics

      Presents the summary of a workshop convened in September 2010 by Policy and Global Affairs’ Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy to review challenges, plans, and opportunities for growing…

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      Partnering Against Terrorism: Summary of a Workshop

      Charles W. Wessner,Committee on Government-Industry Partnerships for the Development of New Technologies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Summarizes a conference organized to bring the lessons of the Academy’s analysis of Government-Industry Partnerships to bear on the war on terror. This book contributes to an understanding of the…

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      Building the 21st Century: U.S. China Cooperation on Science, Technology, and Innovations

      Committee on Comparative National Innovation Policies: Best Practice for the 21st Century,National Research Council

      The global economy is characterized by increasing locational competition to attract the resources necessary to develop leading-edge technologies as drivers of regional and national growth. One means of facilitating such…

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      Copyright in the Digital Era: Building Evidence for Policy

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,Committee on the Impact of Copyright Policy on Innovation in the Digital Era

      Over the course of several decades, copyright protection has been expanded and extended through legislative changes occasioned by national and international developments. This title examines a range of questions regarding…

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      The Telecommunications Challenge: Changing Technologies and Evolving Policies: Report of a Symposium

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,Committee on Measuring and Sustaining the New Economy,Committee on The Telecommunications Challenge: Changing Technologies and Evolving Policies

      Starting in the mid 1990s, the United States economy experienced an unprecedented upsurge in economic productivity. Rapid technological change in communications, computing, and information management continue to promise further gains…

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

      Committee on Comparative Innovation Policy: Best Practice for the 21st Century,National Research Council

      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…

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      Innovative Flanders: Innovation Policies for the 21st Century: Report of a Symposium

      Committee on Comparative Innovation Policy: Best Practice for the 21st Century

      To help US policymakers become aware of the developments, a committee of the National Academies’ Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy undertook a review of the goals, concept, structure…

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      Understanding Research, Science and Technology Parks: Global Best Practice: Report of a Symposium

      Committee on Comparative Innovation Policy: Best Practice for the 21st Century,National Research Council

      Many nations are currently adopting a variety of directed strategies to launch and support research parks, often with significant financial commitments and policy support. By better understanding how research parks…

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      Productivity and Cyclicality in Semiconductors: Trends, Implications, and Questions: Report of a Symposium

      Committee on Measuring and Sustaining the New Economy,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,Policy and Global Affairs,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Hosted by Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, this symposium brought together leading technologists and economists to review technical challenges facing the semiconductor industry. This book includes a summary of…

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      Patent Challenges for Standard-Setting in the Global Economy: Lessons from Information and Communications Technology

      Committee on Intellectual Property Management in Standard-Setting Processes,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,Policy and Global Affairs,National Research Council

      Examines how leading national and multinational standard-setting organizations (SSOs) address patent disclosures, licensing terms, transfers of patent ownership, and other issues that arise in connection with developing technical standards for…

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      Perspectives on Research with H5N1 Avian Influenza: Scientific Inquiry, Communication, Controversy: Summary of a Workshop

      National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Committee on Science, Technology, and Law,Board on Global Health

      When, in late 2011, it became public knowledge that two research groups had submitted for publication manuscripts that reported on their work on mammalian transmissibility of a lethal H5N1 avian…

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      Critical Role of Animal Science Research in Food Security and Sustainability

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Sciences,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Policy and Global Affairs,Science and Technology for Sustainability Program

      By 2050 the world’s population is projected to grow by one-third, reaching between 9 and 10 billion. With globalization and expected growth in global affluence, a substantial increase in per…

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      Deconstructing the Computer: Report of a Symposium

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,Committee on Measuring and Sustaining the New Economy,Committee on Deconstructing the Computer

      The workshop, entitled Deconstructing the Computer, brought together leading industrialists and academic researchers to explore the contribution of the different components of computers to improved price-performance and quality of information…

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      Enhancing Productivity Growth in the Information Age: Measuring and Sustaining the New Economy

      Committee on Measuring and Sustaining the New Economy,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Starting in the mid 1990s, the United States economy experienced an unprecedented upsurge in economic productivity. Rapid technological change in communications, computing, and information management continue to promise further gains…

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

      Committee on Comparative National Innovation Policies: Best Practice for the 21st Century,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,Policy and Global Affairs,National Research Council

      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…

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      Building Hawaii’s Innovation Economy: Summary of a Symposium

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,Committee on Competing in the 21st Century: Best Practice in State and Regional Innovation Initiatives

      . ..the symposium titled E Kamakani Noi'i, the Wind that Seeks Knowledge – p. 17.

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      Clustering for 21st Century Prosperity: Summary of a Symposium

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,Committee on Competing in the 21st Century: Best Practice in State and Regional Innovation Initiatives

      Responding to the challenges of fostering regional growth and employment in an increasingly competitive global economy, many U.S. states and regions have developed programs to attract and grow companies as…

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      Building the Arkansas Innovation Economy: Summary of a Symposium

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,Committee on Competing in the 21st Century: Best Practice in State and Regional Innovation Initiatives

      A committee under the auspices of the Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP), is conducting a study of selected state and regional programs in order to identify best…

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      Building the Ohio Innovation Economy: Summary of a Symposium

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,Committee on Competing in the 21st Century: Best Practice in State and Regional Innovation Initiatives

      Intended to generate a better understanding of the challenges associated with the transition of research into products, this title explains of the study, which is to improve the operation of…

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      Building the Illinois Innovation Economy: Summary of a Symposium

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,Committee on Competing in the 21st Century: Best Practice in State and Regional Innovation Initiatives

      Responding to the challenges of fostering regional growth and employment, many US states and regions have developed programs to attract and grow companies as well as attract the talent and…

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      Best Practices in State and Regional Innovation Initiatives: Competing in the 21st Century

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,Committee on Competing in the 21st Century: Best Practice in State and Regional Innovation Initiatives

      Based on a series of workshops and conferences that brought together policymakers along with leaders of industry and academia in a select number of states, this study highlights a variety…

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      New York’s Nanotechnology Model: Building the Innovation Economy: Summary of a Symposium

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,Committee on Competing in the 21st Century: Best Practice in State and Regional Innovation Initiatives

      Presents the summary of a 2013 symposium convened by the National Research Council Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy and members of the Nano Consortium that drew state officials…

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      Strengthening American Manufacturing: The Role of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership : Summary of a Symposium

      Committee on 21st Century Manufacturing: The Role of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,Policy and Global Affairs,National Research Council

      Presents the summary of a symposium convened to review current operations and some of the recent The Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) initiatives in the broader context of global manufacturing trends…

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      21st Century Manufacturing: The Role of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,Committee on 21st Century Manufacturing: The Role of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

      The Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) - a program of the US Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology - has sought for more than two decades to strengthen…

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      Globalization, Biosecurity, and the Future of the Life Sciences

      Committee on Advances in Technology and the Prevention of Their Application to Next Generation Biowarfare Threats,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Biomedical advances have made it possible to manipulate features of living organisms in useful ways. This book examines the trends and objectives of research in public health, life sciences, and…

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      Patents in the Knowledge Based Economy

      Committee on Intellectual Property Rights in the Knowledge-Based Economy,National Research Council

      This volume assembles papers commissioned by the National Research Council’s Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP) to inform judgments about the significant institutional and policy changes in the…

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      Innovation in Global Industries: U.S. Firms Competing in a New World (Collected Studies)

      Committee on the Competitiveness and Workforce Needs of U.S. Industry,National Research Council

      Examines structural changes in the innovation process in 10 service, as well as manufacturing industries: personal computers; semiconductors; flat-panel displays; software; lighting; biotechnology; pharmaceuticals; financial services; logistics; and venture capital.

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      India’s Changing Innovation System: Achievements, Challenges, and Opportunities for Cooperation: Report of a Symposium

      Committee on Comparative Innovation Policy: Best Practice for the 21st Century,National Research Council

      As part of its review of Comparative National Innovation Policies: Best Practice for the 21st Century, the Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy convened a major symposium in Washington…

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      SBIR at the Department of Defense

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,Committee on Capitalizing on Science, Technology, and Innovation: An Assessment of the Small Business Innovation Research Program--Phase II

      Created in 1982 through the Small Business Innovation Development Act, the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program remains the nation’s single largest innovation program for small business. The SBIR program…

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      U.S. and International Perspectives on Global Science Policy and Science Diplomacy: Report of a Workshop

      Committee on Global Science Policy and Science Diplomacy,National Research Council

      The United States and other countries around the world face problems of an increasingly global nature that often require major contributions from science and engineering that one nation alone cannot…

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      The Future of Photovoltaic Manufacturing in the United States

      Committee on Competing in the 21st Century: Best Practice in State and Regional Innovation Initiatives,National Research Council

      Technological innovation and growth are critical to U.S. competitiveness in a global economy. One means of facilitating growth and improving competitiveness is to foster more robust innovation ecosystems through the…

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      Growing Innovation Clusters for American Prosperity: Summary of a Symposium

      Committee on Competing in the 21st Century: Best Practice in State and Regional Innovation Initiatives,National Research Council

      Responding to the challenges of fostering regional growth and employment in an increasingly competitive global economy, many U.S. states and regions have developed programs to attract and grow companies as…

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      Potential Risks and Benefits of Gain-of-Function Research: Summary of a Workshop

      National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Science, Technology, and Law

      On October 17, 2014, spurred by incidents at U.S. government laboratories that raised serious biosafety concerns, the United States government launched a one-year deliberative process to address the continuing controversy…

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      The Dragon and the Elephant: Understanding the Development of Innovation Capacity in China and India: Summary of a Conference

      Committee on the Competitiveness and Workforce Needs of U.S. Industry,National Research Council

      The return of the once-dormant economies of China and India to dynamism and growth is one of the most remarkable stories in recent history. The two countries are home to…

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      Positioning Synthetic Biology to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century: Summary Report of a Six Academies Symposium Series

      Committee on Science, Technology, and Law,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Life Sciences,National Academy of Engineering,National Research Council

      As a better understanding of the global synthetic biology landscape could lead to tremendous benefits, six academies organized a series of international symposia on the scientific, technical, and policy issues…

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      21st Century Innovation Systems for Japan and the United States: Lessons from a Decade of Change: Report of a Symposium

      Recognizing that a capacity to innovate and commercialize new high-technology products is increasingly a key for the economic growth in the environment of tighter environmental and resource constraints, governments around…

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      Sustainability Concepts in Decision-Making: Tools and Approaches for the US Environmental Protection Agency

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Science and Technology for Sustainability Program,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology

      In its current strategic plan, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) describes a cross-agency strategy to advance sustainable environmental outcomes and optimize economic and social outcomes through Agency decisions and…

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      Effects of U.S. Tax Policy on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

      Committee on the Effects of Provisions in the Internal Revenue Code on Greenhouse Gas Emissions,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,Policy and Global Affairs,National Research Council

      For scientific background to produce Effects of US Tax Policy on Greenhouse Gas Emissions, the committee relied on the earlier findings and studies by the National Academies, the US government…

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