Latecomers to the global research industry, such as China, have especially high improvements in innovation quality from global collaboration, because well-developed research economies have the most valuable innovations to share.
Publications
June 17, 2021
Bill C-10 would classify streaming services, user-generated content sites, and similar services as “broadcasters,” providing the CRTC broad control over how these Internet-based services operate in Canada.
June 17, 2021
Absent a major change in the orientation of foreign research funding – something that will not happen – it is time for Congress to put America first when it comes to science and tech policy.
June 17, 2021
If the Biden administration wants to support the innovation and growth in the burgeoning fintech and payment services sector, it needs to send a clear message that countries cannot use regulatory policies disguised as barriers to protect local firms.
June 17, 2021
Korea needs to embrace all kinds of automation and leave the decisions of whether it is worker-enhancing or worker-replacing up to companies—and the Korean government should expand, not cut tax incentives for investing in automation.
June 17, 2021
With the rise of China, the U.S. economic and technology environment has fundamentally and inexorably changed. The most important step Congress and the Biden administration can take to meet the challenge is to create a dedicated national advanced industry and technology agency.
June 14, 2021
It is time for antitrust policy to reject static models of market analysis and enforcement that rely too much on simplistic indicators such as firm size, industry structure, and prices. Regulators should instead adopt a dynamic approach that recognizes how market power can drive innovation—and how disruptive innovation keeps market power in check.
June 14, 2021
IBM shaped the way the world did business for decades, driving the government’s technological innovation, competing to build the first PCs, and adapting to service economy. Few people know IBM’s fascinating history as well as Jim Cortada.
June 12, 2021
Stephen Ezell gave a keynote presentation to the Alpha-1 Foundation 2021 Annual Conference addressing policy priorities to ensure continued American life-sciences innovation leadership.
June 11, 2021
The United States needs to shift from an approach to power trade that is based on advancing U.S. foreign policy interests to an approach that focuses on advancing U.S. competitive advantage against China, especially in critical advanced technology sectors.