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 --...

Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I The context -- 1 What we learned from the right-to-work study -- 2 Socioeconomic structures of the Trump and Clinton sets of states -- 3 Life and death in America -- Part II The findings -- 4 Mortality rates of...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Part I Background on immigration -- Chapter 1 Why study the economics of immigration? -- Types of immigrants -- Immigration is controversial -- Immigration versus international trade --...