Innovation: More than Science and Technology

As global economic competition intensifies, more countries are deliberately using public policy to shape national systems that allow firms to access innovations that can give them a leg up, according to a special section on global innovation policy in the fall edition of Issues in Science and Technology.

The section focuses on national innovation systems in Mexico, Belgium, India, Korea, Japan, and the United States, and includes articles by R. Chidambaram, the principal scientific adviser to the government of India, Sungchul Chung, president of Korea's Science and Technology Policy
Institute, and Fientje Moerman, vice-minister-president of Flanders and minister for economy, enterprise, science, innovation, and foreign trade.

Managing a national innovation system is a constant challenge -- and struggle, according to Charles Wessner, deputy director of the National Research Council's Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy.

"What works in one context will not necessarily work in another," Wessner writes. "What works in one decade will not necessarily work in the next. And with the global economic system in flux, every country must be ready to reexamine and revise its policies.

"These articles contain no easy answers," Wessner continues. "They offer something much more useful: candid and perceptive discussion of the successes and failures that are slowly leading all of us to a better understanding of how innovation can be tapped and directed to achieve human goals."

In the United States, substantial changes in the national innovation system will be needed, argues Christopher Hill of George Mason University. In his article, The Post-Scientific Society, Hill writes that although science and technology will continue to play a vital role in innovation,
the critical ingredients for continued U.S. economic success are likely to come from other disciplines.

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Tech CEOs Lay Out Plan For U.S. To Compete In Global Economy

CEOs from leading U.S. technology companies have unveiled a comprehensive report outlining a strategy for U.S. competitiveness for the 21st Century. As the nation heads into the important 2008 election cycle, the report calls on policymakers to embrace a positive, action-oriented agenda that leverages U.S. strengths to compete in the increasingly global marketplace.

The report, titled, "A Great Nation: How Americans Can Lead and Prosper in a Changing World," was released by the Technology CEO Council, a CEO policy advocacy group focused on ensuring U.S. competitiveness through technology leadership.

"The United States has been an economic and world leader for over acentury because of its willingness to confront challenges and leverage thestrengths of its dynamic economy," said Ed Zander, Chairman and CEO ofMotorola, Inc. and TCC chairman. "As we enter a critical debate about the future direction of our country, it's critical that we take the necessary steps to ensure our economy remains innovative and dynamic."

"Our economic future is intrinsically tied to the global economy. We can either embrace that and prosper or shirk from it and lose our economicedge. Americans want to know that as a nation we have a plan to flourish and prosper. TCC has laid out a positive agenda that sets a clear framework for U.S. competitiveness," says Paul Otellini, president and CEO, Intel.










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