National Critical Technologies Panel: January 1993. Second Biennial Report

摘要

This and subsequent updates to the first report (NTIS order number PB91-156869)on national critical technologies help to understand the relationship between technologies and the nations' economy. The first report described a list of 22 technologies that were considered to be essential for the United States to develop in the interests of the Nation's long term security and economic prosperity. This issue identifies issues relevant to the study of the economic significance of technologies. Nine industry sectors are identified, targeting of markets and technologies by America's major trading partners, and barriers to successful commercialization of technologies and types of research and development that are effective means for surmounting these barriers are examined.