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INNOVATION POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES: AN OVERVIEW OF THE ISSUES *
Author(s) -
ROESSNER J. DAVID
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
review of policy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1541-1338
pISSN - 1541-132X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1984.tb00137.x
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , politics , public policy , public administration , yield (engineering) , political science , industrial policy , business , public economics , economics , economic growth , international trade , philosophy , linguistics , law , materials science , metallurgy
This article introduces the symposium on innovation policy. It identifies a number of relatively unexplored issues concerning the relationships among government policies and industrial innovation in the United States. While the effects of specitic government policies on innovation have been researched, relatively little is known about the ways U.S. policymaking processes and political institutions condition efforts to improve innovation policies. Methods of evaluating innovation programs that would yield results persuasive to innovation policymakers have proven elusive.