21st Century Innovation Systems for Japan and the United States : Lessons from a Decade of Change: Report of a Symposium

Recognizing that a capacity to innovate and commercialize new high-technology products is increasingly a key for the economic growth in the environment of tighter environmental and resource constraints, governments around the world have taken active steps to strengthen their national innovation systems. These steps underscore the belief of these governments that the rising costs and risks associated with new potentially high-payoff technologies, their spillover or externality-generating effects and the growing global competition, require national R&D programs to support the innovations by new and existing high-technology firms within their borders. The National Research Council's Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP) has embarked on a study of selected foreign innovation programs in comparison with major U.S. programs. The "21st Century Innovation Systems for the United States and Japan: Lessons from a Decade of Change" symposium reviewed government programs and initiatives to support the development of small- and medium-sized enterprises, government-university- industry collaboration and consortia, and the impact of the intellectual property regime on innovation.

This book brings together the papers presented at the conference and provides a historical context of the issues discussed at the symposium. Table of ContentsFront MatterIntroduction--The Chrysanthemum Meets the Eagle: The Co-evolutionof Innovation Policies in Japan and the United StatesOverviewTechnology Policies in Japan: 1990 to the PresentReform of University Research System in Japan: Where Do They Stand?Government's Evolving Role in Supporting Corporate R&D in theUnited States: Theory, Practice, and Results in the AdvancedTechnology ProgramGovernment Programs to Encourage Innovation by Startups & SMEs: TheRole of Innovation AwardsPrograms to Stimulate Startups and Entrepreneurship in Japan:Experiences and LessonsEconomic Impacts of International R&D Coordination: SEMATECHand the International Technology RoadmapSemiconductor Consortia in Japan: Experiences and Lessons for theFutureIssues in and Possible Reforms of the U.S.

Patent SystemReform of Patent System in Japan and ChallengesIndustry-University R&D Partnerships in the United StatesUniversity-Industry Partnerships in JapanThe Connected Science Model for Innovation - The DARPA RolePublic-Private Linkage in Biomedical Research in Japan: Lessons ofthe 1990sAppendix A--Symposium AgendaAppendix B--Bibliography