Global Creative Economy Convergence Summit 2009 » large scale innovation http://www.gcecs2009.com gcecs2009.com Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:06:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 What is the appropriate role for government in innovation policymaking? http://www.gcecs2009.com/what-is-the-appropriate-role-for-government-in-innovation/ http://www.gcecs2009.com/what-is-the-appropriate-role-for-government-in-innovation/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:06:30 +0000 Alina http://www.gcecs2009.com/?p=285 A recent New York Times article discusses the emerging government challenge of innovation policy and poses a thought-provoking question: “what is the appropriate role of government in creating industries and jobs in today’s high-technology, global economy?”  The article focuses on the recent gathering of global innovation policymakers from nine countries, moderated by John Kao, founder of the Large Scale Innovation non-profit think tank. 

The ability to implement successful innovation policies will be crucial to global competitive advantage–is there a better government system to handle innovation policy?  Will China’s communist regime push policy through faster than the often debilitating back and forth discussions of democratic-oriented government’s? Will more socialist-leaning European countries have more success supporting publicly funded innovation programs?  Let us know your thoughts!

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