Mastering a New Role -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- TRENDS AND CHALLENGES -- GOALS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS -- Goal: Foster the timely adoption and effective use of commercially valuable technology throughout the U.S. economy -- Goal: Increase civilian R&D...

Technology & Economics -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Ralph Landau: Engineer, Entrepreneur, Scholar -- How Competitiveness Can Be Achieved: Fostering Economic Growth and Productivity -- THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN GROWTH -- GROWTH IN THE UNITED STATES VERSUS JAPAN -- THE...

PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE WORKPLACE -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Designing For Technological Change: People In The Process -- THE PROBLEM -- LEADERSHIP -- EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT -- TRAINING -- INCENTIVES -- ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE -- TECHNOLOGY -- CONCLUSIONS -- Improving the...

The Ecology of Industry -- Copyright -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- THE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES -- PRIMARY MATERIALS PROCESSING -- MANUFACTURING -- ELECTRIC UNTILITIES -- PULP AND PAPER -- Contents -- Overview and Perspectives -- FIRM MOTIVATION AND EXTERNAL STIMULI -- THE TECHNOLOGICAL LINK IN...

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 -- 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...

Technology and Employment -- Copyright -- Sponsors -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- TECHNOLOGY AND AMERICAN ECONOMIC WELFARE -- CENTRAL FINDINGS -- Employment and Wage Impacts of Technological Change in an Open Economy -- Technology and the Characteristics of Tomorrow's Jobs --...

Managing Innovation -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Managing Innovation in Services -- NEW PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES -- STRATEGY, STRUCTURE, AND TECHNOLOGY -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- Services Technology and Manufacturing: Cornerstones of the U.S. Economy -- MAJOR THREATS AND OPPORTUNITIES...

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 --...

Technology in Services -- Copyright -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION TO SERVICES INDUSTRIES POLICY ISSUES -- SERVICES AND THE DEINDUSTRIALIZATION DEBATE -- THE ROLE AND IMPORTANCE OF SERVICES -- PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH IN SERVICES -- SERVICES TRADE -- KEY POLICY ISSUES AND DIRECTIONS FOR...