Policy Forum Blog
- Picking Winners?
- Can and should the government pick “winners”? That was the question driving the debate hosted today by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). James Fallow (National Correspondent, The Atlantic) moderated the debate which had Rob Atkinson (President, ITIF) and Clyde Prestowitz (President, Economic Strategy...
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Posted by: Mark Marich
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April 08, 2010
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General
- Rockstar Entrepreneurs Don't Come to Washington
- If you have ever been around somebody trying to start or grow abusiness, you know that entrepreneurs don’t have time for much else,especially not for going to Washington to help keep policymakers up todate on how to encourage high growth entrepreneurship in America—nothurt it. When...
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Posted by: Jonathan Ortmans
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September 28, 2009
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Capitol Hill
- U.S. R&D Tax Credit Sagging
- The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) continues toargue in favor of corporate tax reform. In “U.S. Continues to Tread Water in Global R&D Tax Incentives”, ITIF’s Robert Atkinson contends that the United States’ R&D credit has fallen so far behind compared to other nations...
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Posted by: Mark Marich
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August 31, 2009
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Global
Technology Transfer
- The Need for Speed
- The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act contains $7.2 billion to help support and expand broadband deployment across the US. A new report from the Information Technology and Innovation Policy Foundation reminds us that these critical investments are not just about allowing us to surf the...
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Posted by: Mark Marich
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March 16, 2009
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Physical Infrastructure
- A Sobering Look at American Competitiveness
- America’s competitiveness challenges are not simply an outgrowth of the current economic crisis. Instead, they are the culmination of decades without a coherent national innovation strategy. That’s the primary message of a new Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) report that benchmarks American innovation performance...
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Posted by: Mark Marich
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March 02, 2009
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Global
Immigration
Intellectual Property
Technology Transfer
- A New Look at American Competitiveness
- At a time of historic economic downturns, many American observers may console themselves that the American economy, despite its many challenges, still remains a global leader in entrepreneurship and innovation. After all, prestigious analysis like the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report continue to rank...
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Posted by: Mark Marich
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February 23, 2009
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Global
- The Role of the University in an Entrepreneurial Economy
- This week's essay is a lead in to our first Policy Dialogue on Entrepreneurship briefing on Capitol Hill featuring a new report by Ed Roberts, founder and chair of the MIT Entrepreneurship Center. Lesa Mitchell of the Kauffman Foundation and Robert Atkinson of the Information...
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Posted by: Jonathan Ortmans
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February 16, 2009
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Technology Transfer
- Three Views on the Economic Stimulus Plans
- As Congress continues to move forward with the 2009 economic stimulus package, a number of think tanks are offering their views on what makes sense both for economic stimulus, but also for building a more competitive American economy over the long term.The Information Technology and...
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Posted by: Mark Marich
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February 02, 2009
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Capitol Hill
- Digital Transformation via Economic Stimulus
- Invest $30 billion in America’s information technology (IT) infrastructure, and you may create as many as 949,000 jobs. That’s the bottom line number for a new economic stimulus package proposed last week by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). ITIF researchers argue that the...
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Posted by: Mark Marich
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January 12, 2009
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