Mastering a New Role -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- TRENDS AND CHALLENGES -- GOALS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS -- Goal: Foster the timely adoption and effective use of commercially valuable technology throughout the U.S. economy -- Goal: Increase civilian R&D investment in the U.S. economy and close emerging gaps in the nation's civilian technology ... -- Goal: Access and exploit foreign technology and high-tech markets more effectively to advance the interests of U.S. citizens -- Goal: Create a strong institutional framework for federal technology policy in support of national e ... -- 1 Background: The Postwar U.S. Technology Enterprise -- FOUR DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE U.S. TECHNOLOGY ENTERPRISE -- The Primacy of Public Missions -- The Priority of Research and Development in Postwar Policy -- The Division of Roles Between the Public and Private Sectors -- The "Nonsystem" of U.S. Science and Technology Policymaking -- THE POSTWAR PERFORMANCE OF THE U.S. TECHNOLOGY ENTERPRISE IN PERSPECTIVE -- NOTES -- 2 The Changing Demands on National Technology Policy and Strategy -- RISING TECHNICAL INTENSITY AND THE REVOLUTION IN PRODUCTION SYSTEMS -- The Rising Technical Intensity of Industries -- The Revolution in Production Systems -- TOWARD A TECHNOLOGICALLY MULTIPOLAR AND INTERDEPENDENT WORLD -- Converging Capabilities in Technology Creation and Commercial Use -- Deepening Economic and Technological Interdependence -- The Internationalization of Technology Development and Diffusion -- THE GEOPOLITICAL PREMIUM ON ECONOMIC STRENGTH -- CONCLUSION: WEAKNESSES EXPOSED -- NOTES -- 3 Strengths and Weaknesses of the U.S. Technology Enterprise -- STRENGTHS OF THE U.S. TECHNOLOGY ENTERPRISE -- A Large, Productive Basic Research Enterprise -- A Large, Sophisticated Domestic Market.

Incubator of New Industries, Products, and Services -- The Strength of U.S. High-Tech Industries -- WEAKNESSES OF THE U.S. TECHNOLOGY ENTERPRISE -- Outmoded Managerial and Organizational Approaches -- Gaps in Work Force Training and Continuing Education -- Underinvestment in Production Processes, Methods, and Equipment -- The Economy's Low Civilian R&D Intensity and Narrow R&D Portfolio -- Imbalances and Gaps in U.S. Company R&D Portfolios -- Gaps in the Nation's R&D Portfolio: The Generic Technology Challenge -- Underinvestment in Technical Outreach -- The Nonsystem of Technology Policymaking -- CONCLUSION: THE NEED FOR CHANGE -- NOTES -- 4 A New Mission for U.S. Technology -- UNDERLYING TRENDS AND RESULTING CHALLENGES -- FOUR GOALS OF A NEW NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY -- RECOMMENDED POLICY ACTIONS -- Goal 1: Foster the timely adoption and effective use of commercially valuable technology throughout ... -- Policy actions to achieve Goal 1: -- Goal 2: Increase civilian R&D investment in the U.S. economy and close emerging gaps in the nation's civilian technology ... -- Policy actions to achieve Goal 2: -- Goal 3: Access and exploit foreign technology and high-tech markets more effectively to advance the interests of U.S. citizen -- Policy actions to achieve Goal 3: -- Goal 4: Create a strong institutional framework for federal technology policy in support of national ... -- Policy Action to Achieve Goal 4: -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Biographical Information About the Committee -- STUDY DIRECTOR -- Index.