Challenges of Innovation
The New York Times brought to the fore a topic that's been on the mind of myself and far-flung colleagues — innovation. The article, titled Are U.S. Innovators Losing Their Competitive Edge? As the title suggests, the topic is framed as a US national crisis distilled down to two trends:
1. growing dominance from transnational intellectual property and patent "aggregators" eating the tail of the innovation curve
2. an increasingly astute, technically savvy, scientifically robust, well-educated workforce and scientific corp in countries such as China, Taiwan, India.
The article goes on to cite a recent study by the National Academy of Sciences report with a title worthy of a Hollywood disaster epic: "Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing And Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future" (Natl Academy Press). (The PDF download is free, or you can buy the normal, human book.)
I've blogged more notes on the topic over on the techkwondo research toaster.
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