Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy (4th - Atlanta- 2011)
The ability of science and innovation systems to deliver depends on continually improving capacity. Yet, capacity is multidimensional and has interrelated characteristics and related challenges.
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Recent Submissions
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Learning to Play the Game: An Enhanced Indicator to Investigate Graduate Training Programs in Science and Engineering
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-17)The need to encourage future generations of students in the pursuit of science and technological research has been viewed as a cornerstone of US efforts to maintain leadership in research, development, and innovation. ... -
Patterns of Complex Product Innovation in Government Organizations: Insights from NASA
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)This research uses data from six detailed longitudinal process studies of technology infusion at NASA to illustrate limitations of current conceptual models of the innovation process in large bureaucratic organizations. ... -
Nanotechnology and the Millennium Development Goals: Energy, Water, and Agri-food
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)We analyzed the progress in pro-poor nanotechnology applications in energy, water, and agrifood sectors in achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). We considered the results from an international panel of ... -
Resources and Research: An Empirical Study of the Influence of Departmental Research Resources on Academic Researchers
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of departmental research resources, on the behavior of academic researchers in STEM fields. Specifically, the paper develops three models to examine the influence of ... -
Cosmopolitanism in Science: A Productivity Study
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)Engaging concepts inherent to knowledge production studies, we examine Merton s cosmopolitanism ideal type through a contemporary lens regarding the role of cosmopolitan dimensions in shaping scientific output. Using survey ... -
Validating Measures of Interdisciplinarity: Linking Bibliometric Measures to Ethnographic Studies of Engineering Research Labs
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)This paper reflects the results to date of an ongoing project that is examining how the results of specific examples of interdisciplinary research are reflected in scholarly publications over time. We seek to compare ... -
Reducing Inequality: What Role for Technology Manufacturing?
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-16)This study examines whether rapid growth decreases inequality primarily when it is based on an expansion of manufacturing jobs. To this end, we constructed a dataset to identify a specific set of countries that showed ... -
Examining university industry collaboration policy in Japan by patent analysis
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-16)This study is a quantitative analysis of Japanese patent information to examine the changes in the nature and the outcome of university industry collaborations (UICs) following the enactment of UIC policies in the late ... -
DNA Rockstar: Using Interactive Media to Teach Genetic Science
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)The game DNA Rockstar! is the result of research conducted through the National Science Foundation s Graduate STEM Fellow GK-12 grant. Students use a familiar gaming environment (similar to Guitar Hero) to learn the basic ... -
'OECD VIEW' : Should South Africa fully adopt the 'OECD VIEW' of measuring the performance of the STI System?
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)The Paper/Essay shows the South African Indicator s process as well as providing the needs for taking a systems approach and going beyond measures of activities, such as research and development and innovation by showing ... -
How does the enforcement of intellectual property protection influence innovation and entrepreneurship?
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)This research introduces a methodology that combines analysis of cited literature and cited patents to explore differences and similarities between nano-biosensor (NBS) science and technology.The analysis of cited literature ... -
Technologies for Social Inclusion in Latin America. Analysing opportunities and constraints; problems and solutions in Argentina and Brazil
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-16)Are current welfare policies well addressed to erase social exclusion? Which role does S&T policy play in solving social problems? We undertake a critical analysis of current strategies for fighting social exclusion in ... -
The Who, What and Where of Waste Recycling Research From 2005
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)The basic features of any scientific field could be determined in a quick and accurate way by the scanning of scientific databases using tech mining tools. This poster shows how this can be done, answering the key question ... -
Global Obstacles to Disruptive Innovation In Sustainable Agriculture and Energy
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)The U.S. national innovation system has a dual structure: part suited to rapid innovation, and part stubbornly resistant to change. The complex established “legacy” sectors (CELS) that resist change share common features ... -
How to Break the Vicious Cycle of Technology and Economy in the Backward Regions— Based on Comparative Study of China and the United States
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-16)Based on the comparison of China and the U.S., this paper found that the level of economic development and R & D Investment Intensity has a strong positive correlation, identified the main factors of influencing the ... -
Future of renewables and its existence with socio-economic and environmental variables
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)The present research is an attempt to explore pathways to low carbon economy leading to economic growth and employment generation in the transport sector. There are, however, promises and challenges for policy innovation ... -
Public Policy Instruments in (re)building National Innovation Capabilities: Cases of Nanotechnology Development in China, Russia and Brazil
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)The paper seeks to understand the role of emerging technologies in breaking institutionally the development lock-in and supporting self-sustained growth through analyzing broad socioeconomic impacts of nanotechnology in ... -
From Closed Models of Authoritive Governance to Open Systems of Collaborative Engagement: Progressing Science Policy
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)Through an integrated social marketing perspective, autocratic science policies can transfuse into open systems of collaborative engagement. Science should be informed by, and should itself incorporate, more effective forms ... -
The Diverse Variables To Consider When Planning and Assessing Public Research Portfolios
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)Analysis of public research portfolios should reflect the life cycle of the innovation process. This paper will characterize and organize the variables that could be considered in portfolio analysis for publicly funded ... -
Growth Without Innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa's Development
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-17)
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