Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- The System of National Accounts -- Implementing the System of National Accounts -- Going Beyond the System of National Accounts -- References -- APPENDIX A Participants, Workshop on Improving Economic Statistics -- APPENDIX B Papers Presented, Workshop on...

Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Contribution of R&D to U.S. Economic Development -- 3 Foreign Participation in Privately Funded U.S. R&D -- 4 Foreign Participation in Publicly Funded U.S. R&D -- 5 Findings and Recommendations -- References --...

Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Overview -- 2 Trends and Directions -- 3 Societal Implications -- 4 Promoting Competitiveness: Policy Issues and Obstacles -- Bibliography -- A Colloquium Participants -- B Colloquium Agenda -- C Follow-up Interviews.

Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- The Evolution of Information Infrastructures: The Competitive Search for Solutions -- The Role of Government in the Evolution of the Internet -- The Promise of the National Information Infrastructure -- Satellite Communications in the Global Information...

New Strategies for New Challenges: Corporate Innovation in the United States and Japan -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- OVERVIEW -- MAJOR AREAS OF U.S.-JAPAN CONVERGENCE AND CONTINUED DISPARITY -- Growing Similarities and Evidence for Convergence -- Original...

Competitiveness of the U.S. Minerals and Metals Industry -- Copyright -- Abstract -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- TECHNOLOGY AND COMPETITIVENESS -- Industry -- Academe -- Government -- Bureau of Mines -- Government-Academic-Industrial Cooperation -- RECOMMENDED...

The Competitive Status of the U.S. Civil Aviation Manufacturing Industry -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Summary -- BACKGROUND -- Foreign Competition -- Growing Importance of International Markets -- Internationalization of Aircraft Manufacture -- Financial Performance of the Industry --...

The Competitive Status of the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Summary -- FINDINGS ON THE U.S. COMPETITIVE POSITION -- DETERMINANTS OF NATIONAL PHARMACEUTICAL COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE -- OPTIONS FOR AMERICAN POLICY -- Trade Options -- Domestic Economic Options --...

The underexamined art and science of managing the federal government's huge debt. Everyone talks about the size of the U.S. national debt, now at 13 trillion and climbing, but few talk about how the U.S. Treasury does the borrowing—even though it is one of the world's largest borrowers....