Government Response to Disruptive Innovation : Perspectives and Examinations

With the increasing pace of disruptive innovation, the world in general and governments in particular are experiencing challenges in adapting their systems to these new technologies.

While the focus is on disruptive industries, these innovations also disrupt how governments regulate industries and technologies.

The regulatory and policy choices governments and other regulatory bodies make have a profound impact on the industry by decreasing or magnifying uncertainty.

Many of these disruptive technologies offer opportunities and challenges to the way governments interact in their communities.

Government Response to Disruptive Innovation: Perspectives and Examinations presents research and case studies on government responses to disruptive innovations from a wide array of countries.

It addresses the effects on the development of these innovations as a result of responses governments make.

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