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This policy brief compares and assesses the 2008 presidential election candidates’ technology and innovation...
In RAND’s Rose-Colored Glasses: How RAND’s Report on U.S. Competitiveness in Science and Technology Gets it...
In the last few years the debate over broadband policy has become increasingly partisan and bitter. It's...
While bash-the-corporation rhetoric may have some populist appeal, it is both factually and logically flawed.
In this report, ITIF finds that the nature of the U.S. innovation system has changed dramatically over the...
In reference to ITIF’s call for a National Innovation Foundation ITIF president Rob Atkinson and Howard Wial...
The American Optometric Association journal "Optometry" has published a study that purports to find...
Based on the findings from other nations, the report proposes 11 policy recommendations to spur both...
Recently, a Pennsylvanian couple sued Google for publishing photos of their home on Google Maps. This lawsuit...
The reasons behind the lack of corporate support for federal technology initiatives.
There is a great disparity between the traditional broadband narrative and the American broadband reality.
Without new legislation, the Department of Justice can only bring misdemeanor charges against criminals and terrorists engaged in widespread, for-profit online streaming.
The American COMPETES Act strengthens the foundation that the emerging clean energy industry must rely on for present and future growth.
ITIF discusses possible responses to the USTR’s Special 301 Report, which highlights the damage theft of intellectual property has on the U.S. economy.
The Canadian government made the right decision in choosing to refocus its National Research Council on industrially-relevant research.
The President’s FY2014 budget would create eight new incubator programs at the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
A research investor’s visa would represent an innovative path to U.S. citizenship that at the same time boosts R&D investment and the competitiveness of the U.S. economy.
The National Fab Lab Network Act of 2013 (H.R. 1289) is a step in the right direction for manufacturing policy.
Columnist Tom Friedman presents an interesting example of support for both climate policy and innovation with constant support for a carbon tax.
Jeff Weintraub of Fleishman-Hillard Public Affairs interviews Rob Atkinson about the factors that affect how...
"Transforming the World with ICT" presentation at the National Defense University.
Rob Atkinson presented at the PILMA Winter Meeting.
Rob Atkinson presented at the Rural Smart Grid Summit.
Rob Atkinson gave the Keynote Presentation at the Kansas Economic Policy Conference.
Emerging Technology Policies Roundtable Lunch with Senior Analyst Stephen Ezell.
Stephen Ezell presented on "Technology Transfer: Issues and Processes class at the USDA."
Lecture at the Said Business School, University of Oxford
Rob Atkinson's presentation at the "Science, Technology and Innovation: Imperatives for National...
ITIF President Rob Atkinson testified before the House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Technology and...
ITIF responded to a request from the Office of Management and Budget for public comments on intellectual...
ITIF President Rob Atkinson argues that new technologies and ways of seeking and obtaining information could...
The Internet is a "virtual network" designed to serve a variety of needs and does not readily lend...
ITIF Research Fellow Richard Bennett filed comments with the FCC regarding regulatory approaches to licensed...
ITIF offered guidance to the FCC’s Big Ideas workshop on the future architecture of the Internet and the role...
In this FCC filing, ITIF discusses policy and non-policy factors that affect broadband deployment and...
In a testimony before the Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, Rob Atkinson discusses...
This FCC filing examines how P2P applications harm telephony applications even during low levels of...
The growing array of mercantilist trade policies that nations have enacted to unfairly disadvantage foreign...
In a chapter for the new book Practicing Sustainability, Rob Atkinson wrote about sustainability from an innovation economics perspective.
"Innovation Economics: The Race for Global Advantage." This new book delivers a critical wake-up call: a fierce global race for innovation advantage is under way and the United States is running the risk of losing.
Supply-Side Follies methodically debunks the common assumptions of conservative economics and demonstrates why it is a flawed doctrine that is setting up the U.S. for a major economic downturn in the near future.
Taking into account the historical record, the book discusses the shortcomings of prevailing liberal and conservative economic doctrines and lays out a new growth economics agenda aimed at maximizing the productivity and innovation-enhancing forces of the New Economy.