State of Innovation: The U.S. Government's Role in Technology Development (Paperback)

Foreword: Peter Evans Preface Chapter 1 Introduction: Innovation and the Invisible Hand of Government Fred Block Introduction to Part I Telling the Stories: What Are The Instruments and How Have They Been Deployed in Different Parts of the Economy? Chapter 2 The Military's Hidden Hand: Examining the Dual-Use Origins of Biotechnology in the American Context, 1969-1972 Shelley L. Hurt Chapter 3 Political Structures and the Making of U.S. Biotechnology Steven P. Vallas, Daniel Lee Kleinman, and Dina Biscotti Chapter 4 To Hide or Not to Hide? The Advanced Technology Program and the Future of U.S. Civilian Technology Policy Marian Negoita Chapter 5 Green Capitalists in a Purple State: Sandia National Laboratories and the Renewable Energy Industry in New Mexico Andrew Schrank Chapter 6 The CIA's Pioneering Role in Public Venture Capital Initiatives Matthew R. Keller Chapter 7 DARPA Does Moore's Law: The Case of DARPA and Optoelectronic Interconnects Erica Fuchs Introduction to Part II. Scale, Significance, and Implications A Evaluating Impact Chapter 8 Where do Innovations Come From? Transformations in the U.S. Economy, 1970-2006 Fred Block and Matthew R. Keller Chapter 9 Failure to Deploy: Solar Photovoltaic Policy in the U.S. Chris P. Knight B The U.S. Case in Global Perspective Chapter 10 From Developmental Network State to Market Managerialism in Ireland Sean O Riain Chapter 11 China's (Not-So-Hidden) Developmental State: Becoming a Leading Nanotechnology Innovator in the 21st Century Richard P. Appelbaum, Rachel Parker, Cong Cao, and Gary Gereffi C Towards an Innovation Society Chapter 12 Everyone an Innovator John A. Alic Chapter 13 The Paradox of the Weak State Revisited: Industrial Policy, Network Governance, and Political Decentralization Josh Whitford and Andrew Schrank Chapter 14 Conclusion. Avoiding Network Failure: The Case of the National Nanotechnology Initiative Christopher Newfield