Reports & Briefings

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September 15, 2020
Energizing America: A Roadmap to Launch a National Energy Innovation Mission
The U.S. government should triple its annual investment in energy innovation over the next five years to speed clean energy transitions around the world and build advanced-energy industries at home.
September 14, 2020
Impact of Digital Technologies and the Fourth Industrial Revolution on Trade in Services
Nigel Cory contributed to this briefing offering eight recommendations to the Group of Twenty (G20) leaders to start shaping a trade policy agenda for a digital future.
September 14, 2020
Gene Editing for the Climate: Biological Solutions for Curbing Greenhouse Emissions
Recent advances in gene editing offer promising opportunities to mitigate emissions from agriculture and other sectors, and to capture carbon from the atmosphere. Governments should accelerate the development and deployment of these solutions.
September 8, 2020
Enhanced Tax Incentives for R&D Would Make Americans Richer
The United States continues to fall far behind comparable countries in the level of tax support it provides to spur research and development. Increasing the R&D credit would boost American’s real incomes through innovation, productivity, and competitiveness.
September 8, 2020
The Impact of China’s Policies on Global Biopharmaceutical Industry Innovation
China is striving to become the global leader in biopharmaceuticals, but many of its policy steps are “innovation mercantilist” in nature. This not only is expected to threaten U.S. leadership, but also slow global life sciences innovation, with negative consequences for cures and treatments.
August 31, 2020
Competing With China: A Strategic Framework
China will likely be the biggest business disruptor of the 2020s, but the discussion about how to respond has yet to take shape. A strategic framework should rebalance the global supply chains, bolster competitiveness, adjust to China’s market size, and solidify the West’s appeal.
August 24, 2020
Collaboration Between Start-Ups and Federal Agencies: A Surprising Solution for Energy Innovation
Collaborations between climate-tech start-ups and government partners enhance start-up patenting and follow-on financing more than comparable collaborations with private firms or universities. Policies that foster them should be strengthened.
August 10, 2020
How Nine Flawed Policy Concepts Hinder the United States From Adopting the Advanced-Industry Strategy It Needs
Few policymakers and even fewer pundits or economic analysts understand U.S. competitiveness problems in a way that would lead them to the logical conclusion that a national innovation and competitiveness strategy would count as a viable solution.
August 3, 2020
Monopoly Myths: Is Concentration Leading to Fewer Start-Ups?
Many say the decline in new business formation over the past 30 years has been caused by increased monopoly. But there is no statistical relationship between start-up creation and change in concentration by industry; high-growth start-up activity is healthy.
July 23, 2020
Monopoly Myths: Do Internet Platforms Threaten Competition?
The rapid growth of large Internet platforms has caused some activists, scholars, and political officials to worry about their impact on competition. These concerns are largely misplaced.

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