Contents: 1. Technology and innovation policy: Setting the stage -- 2. Technology policies to enhance private-sector r&d -- 3. The effectiveness of technology policy -- 4. Unanticipated consequences of technology policy -- 5. The technology policy environment -- 6. Technology policies to...

Scholars in the science and technology field have not collectively questioned, much less proposed, an agenda for policy makers. Now is an appropriate time for such an undertaking. First, there is a growing belief that the U.S. national research and development system, like that of many...