Foreign Science and Technology Information Sources in the Federal Government andSelect Private Sector Organizations

摘要

In this era of globalization, rapid technological change, and significant shiftin wealth creation to Asian economies, the United States must remain at the forefront of science and technology in order to maintain its national prosperity and world leadership. From Europe to Asia to Canada, nations recognize the important link between S&T-based innovation, economic growth and international competitiveness. Our competitors are making ever increasing investments in basic and applied science and pursuing strategies of government-industry-academic collaboration to stimulate technology-based growth, trade and investment. As part of this strategy, nations take full advantage of the opportunities presented by the U.S. system of open access to S&T knowledge. In fact an important focus of some nations is to target the acquisition of U.S. S&T in key industries to supplement their own efforts to foster innovation, rapid commercialization, and value-added production. In this way, these nations seek to increase both their international and U.S. market share.