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Research cooperation in a nation is a fundamental key to national competitiveness in technology that supports growth in a national economy. To fully understand why some nations are more successful in innovation than others, one must examine the structure and process of knowledge creation and use — the Science & Technology policy of a nation.
National innovation requires progress both in Science & Technology, and also in economy. Research cooperation for innovation is necessary, since science, technology, and production are performed in different sectors of a nation. Universities conduct research science, and science discovers nature. Governments support most of the research in universities, and therefore are the principal sponsors of science. Industry develops most technology and commercializes technology into economically useful products/services. The structure and process of knowledge in a nation thus requires (1) creation of knowledge in science, (2) translation of science into technology, and (3) design of technology into commercialization of utility. At a national level, innovation is thus a complicated concept — proposing a need to identify the proper ways that government-university-industry can cooperate to advance knowledge and economically benefit from innovation. Special programs in Science & Technology policy that have proven beneficial in fostering research cooperation for national competitiveness will be covered in this book.
Cooperative Innovation: Science & Technology Policy helps readers understand a practical science & technology policy for a nation. Its contents are particularly useful for government administrators of research, industrial research directors, university research directors, and students of science & technology policy.
Sample Chapter(s)
Chapter 1: Innovation and National Competitiveness
Contents:
- Innovation and National Competitiveness
- National Innovation Structure
- Innovation Process
- Targeting Basic Research
- Research Cooperation: Mission Agency and Industry
- R & D Cooperation: University & Industry
- Scientific Research Techniques
- Funding Disciplinary Science
- Targeted Basic Research Cooperation: University & Industry
- University & New Ventures
- Technology Discontinuities & Creative Destruction
- Summary: Cooperative Science & Technology Policy
Readership: Government administrators of research, industrial research directors, university research directors, and students of science & technology policy.
