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      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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      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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      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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      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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      SBIR at NASA

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,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

      The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is one of the largest examples of U.S. public-private partnerships, and was established in 1982 to encourage small businesses to develop new processes…

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      Measuring the Impacts of Federal Investments in Research: A Workshop Summary

      Committee on Measuring Economic and Other Returns on Federal Research Investments,The National Academies

      The enactment of the America COMPETES Act in 2006 (and its reauthorization in 2010), the increase in research expenditures under the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), and President…

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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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      STTR: An Assessment of the Small Business Technology Transfer Program

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,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

      Today’s knowledge economy is driven in large part by the nation’s capacity to innovate. One of the defining features of the U.S. economy is a high level of entrepreneurial activity…

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      SBIR at the National Science Foundation

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,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

      The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is one of the largest examples of U.S. public-private partnerships, and was established in 1982 to encourage small businesses to develop new processes…

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      SBIR/STTR at the National Institutes of Health

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,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

      The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs provide federal research and development funding to small businesses. In 2008, the National Research Council completed a…

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      SBIR/STTR at the Department of Energy

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,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

      The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is one of the largest examples of U.S. public-private partnerships, and was established in 1982 to encourage small businesses to develop new processes…

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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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      Protecting U.S. Technological Advantage

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Policy and Global Affairs, Intelligence Community Studies Board, Committee on Science, Engineering, Medicine, and Public Policy, Committee on Science, Technology, and Law, Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, Committee on Protecting Critical Technologies for National Security in an Era of Openness and Competition

      U.S. leadership in technology innovation is central to our nation's interests, including its security, economic prosperity, and quality of life. Our nation has created a science and technology ecosystem that…

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      Securing Advanced Manufacturing in the United States: The Role of Manufacturing USA: Proceedings of a Workshop

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,Innovation Policy Forum

      The Manufacturing USA initiative seeks to reinforce U.S.-based advanced manufacturing through partnerships among industry, academia, and government. Started in 2012 and established with bipartisan support by the Revitalize American Manufacturing…

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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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      Revisiting the Manufacturing USA Institutes: Proceedings of a Workshop

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,Innovation Policy Forum

      The Manufacturing USA initiative seeks to reinforce U.S.-based advanced manufacturing through partnerships among industry, academia, and government. Started in 2012 and established with bipartisan support by the Revitalize American Manufacturing…

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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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      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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      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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      Managing University Intellectual Property in the Public Interest

      Committee on Management of University Intellectual Property: Lessons from a Generation of Experience, Research, and Dialogue,National Research Council

      Thirty years ago federal policy underwent a major change through the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980, which fostered greater uniformity in the way research agencies treat inventions arising from the work…

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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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      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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      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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      Patent System for the 21st Century

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

      The U.S. patent system is in an accelerating race with human ingenuity and investments in innovation. In many respects the system has responded with admirable flexibility, but the strain of…

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      Immigration Policy and the Search for Skilled Workers: Summary of a Workshop

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,Committee on High-Skilled Immigration Policy and the Global Competition for Talent

      The market for high-skilled workers is becoming increasingly global, as are the markets for knowledge and ideas. While high-skilled immigrants in the United States represent a much smaller proportion of…

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      Review of the SBIR and STTR Programs at the Department of Energy

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,Committee on the Review of the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs at the Department of Energy

      Since its founding in 1982, the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program has become the largest and most comprehensive public research and development funding program of small business research in…

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      Review of the SBIR and STTR Programs at the National Science Foundation

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Policy and Global Affairs, Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, Committee on the Review of the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs at the National Science Foundation

      The National Science Foundation (NSF) asked the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a quadrennial review of the NSF Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business…

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      Innovation, Diversity, and the SBIR/STTR Programs: Summary of a Workshop

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,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

      The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs provide federal research and development funding to small businesses. One of the the goals of these programs…

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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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      The Power of Change: Innovation for Development and Deployment of Increasingly Clean Electric Power Technologies

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Energy and Environmental Systems,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy

      Electricity, supplied reliably and affordably, is foundational to the U.S. economy and is utterly indispensable to modern society. However, emissions resulting from many forms of electricity generation create environmental risks…

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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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      Building the U.S. Battery Industry for Electric Drive Vehicles: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities: 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,Subcommittee on Electric Drive Battery Research and Development Activities

      Best practice in state and regional innovation –Cover.

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      Software, Growth, and the Future of the U.S Economy: 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 Software, Growth, and the Future of the U.S Economy

      Starting in the mid 1990s, the US economy experienced an unprecedented upsurge in economic productivity. This workshop convened academic experts and industry representatives from leading companies such as Google and…

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      Innovation, Global Value Chains, and Globalization Measurement: Proceedings of a Workshop

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on National Statistics,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy

      In recent decades, production processes of intermediate and final products have been increasingly fragmented across countries in what are called global value chains (GVCs). GVCs may involve companies in one…

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      Safeguarding the Bioeconomy

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Health and Medicine Division,Policy and Global Affairs,Division on Earth and Life Studies

      Research and innovation in the life sciences is driving rapid growth in agriculture, biomedical science, information science and computing, energy, and other sectors of the U.S. economy. This economic activity…

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      An Assessment of ARPA-E

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Energy and Environmental Systems,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy

      A Consensus Study Report of The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine.

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      Building America’s Skilled Technical Workforce

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,National Academy of Engineering,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Science Education

      A report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine.

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      Saving Women’s Lives: Strategies for Improving Breast Cancer Detection and Diagnosis

      Committee on New Approaches to Early Detection and Diagnosis of Breast Cancer,Institute of Medicine

      Due to the combination of improved treatments and the benefits of mammography screening, breast cancer mortality has decreased steadily since 1989. Building on the 2001 report Mammography and Beyond…

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      Microlivestock: Little-Known Small Animals with a Promising Economic Future

      Panel on Microlivestock,Office of International Affairs,Policy and Global Affairs,National Research Council

      Microlivestock is a term coined for species that are inherently small. This book aims to raise awareness of the potential of these small species, including microcattle, microsheep, various poultry, rabbits…

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      Hidden Costs of Energy: Unpriced Consequences of Energy Production and Use

      Committee on Health, Environmental, and Other External Costs and Benefits of Energy Production and Consumption,National Research Council

      Despite the many benefits of energy, most of which are reflected in energy market prices, the production, distribution, and use of energy causes negative effects. Many of these negative effects…

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      Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future

      Committee on Prospering in the Global Economy of the 21st Century: An Agenda for American Science and Technology,National Academy of Sciences,National Academy of Engineering,Institute of Medicine

      In a world where advanced knowledge is widespread and low-cost labor is available, US advantages in the marketplace and in science and technology have begun to erode. This book makes…

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      Balancing the National Interest: U.S. National Security Export Controls and Global Economic Competition

      Panel on the Impact of National Security Controls on International Technology Transfer,Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy

      The US national security export controls system is both necessary and appropriate. This book provides an analysis of this controls system, examining the system of laws, regulations, international agreements, and…

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