A World of Competitors: Assessing the US High-Tech Advantage and the Process of Globalisation

Autor/in	Douglass, John Aubrey
Titel	A World of Competitors: Assessing the US High-Tech Advantage and the Process of Globalisation
Quelle	In: Higher Education Management and Policy, 20 (2008) 2, S.34-62 (29 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1682-3451
DOI	10.1787/hemp-v20-art11-en
Schlagwörter	Research and Development; Research Universities; Competition; Global Approach; Cultural Context; Influence of Technology; Science and Society; Technological Advancement; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Forschung und Entwicklung; Forschungseinrichtung; Wettkampf; Globales Denken; Technological development; Technologische Entwicklung; USA
Abstract	Research universities throughout the world are part of a larger effort by countries to bolster science and technological innovation and compete economically. The United States remains highly competitive as a source of high-tech innovation because of a number of market positions, many the results of long-term investments in institutions (such as research universities) and in research and development funding, and more broadly influenced by a political culture that has tended to support entrepreneurs and risk taking. In essence, the United States was the first mover in pursuing the nexus of science and economic policy. The following essay attempts to place universities within this larger political and policy environment by discussing market factors that have influenced knowledge accumulation and high-tech innovation in the United States. It also gives an assessment of their current saliency in the face of globalisation and the growing market position of competitors, such as the European Union. The article also provides observations on major US state-based high-tech initiatives intended to create or sustain knowledge-based economic areas, and discusses the prospect of a major new federal initiative to increase national research and development funding. (As Provided).
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