|
All STEP reports are available as free PDF downloads. To request hard copies, please contact us at step@nas.edu.
 Copyright in the Digital Era: Building Evidence for Policy
This report calls on federal agencies and foundations to support a broad range of empirical research studies to contribute to the comprehensive review of U.S. copyright law...[more] 
Rising to the Challenge: U.S. Innovation Policy for Global Economy
America's position as the source of much of the world's innovation has been the foundation of its economic vitality and military power in the post-war. No longer is U.S. pre-eminence assured as a place to turn laboratory discoveries into...[more]
Measuring the Impacts of Federal Investments in Research: A Workshop Summary
The enactment of the America COMPETES Act in 2006 (and its reauthorization in 2010), the increase in research expenditures under the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), and President Obama's general emphasis on the contribution of science and...[more]
Growing Innovation Clusters for American Prosperity: Summary of a Symposium
Responding to the challenges of fostering regional growth and employment in an increasingly competitive global economy, many U.S. states and regions have developed programs to attract and grow companies as well as attract the talent and resources necessary to...[more]
Building the 21st Century: U.S. China Cooperation on Science, Technology, and Innovations
The global economy is characterized by increasing locational competition to attract the resources necessary to develop leading-edge technologies as drivers of regional and national growth. One means of facilitating such growth and improving national...[more]
 The Future of Photovoltaic Manufacturing in the United States
Technological innovation and growth are critical to U.S. competitiveness in a global economy. One means of facilitating growth and improving competitiveness is to foster more robust innovation ecosystems through the development of public-private partnerships...[more]
 Managing University Intellectual Property in the Public Interest
Thirty years ago federal policy underwent a major change through the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980, which fostered greater uniformity in the way research agencies treat inventions arising from the work they sponsor. Before the Act, if government agencies funded...[more]
Hidden Costs of Energy: Unpriced Consequences of Energy Production and Use
Despite the many benefits of energy, most of which are reflected in energy market prices, the production, distribution, and use of energy causes negative effects. Many of these negative effects are not reflected in energy market prices. When market failures like...[more]
 The Dragon and the Elephant: Understanding the Development of Innovation Capacity in China and India: Summary of a Conference
The return of the once-dormant economies of China and India to dynamism and growth is one of the most remarkable stories in recent history. The two countries are home to nearly 40 percent of the world's population, but until recently neither had played an...[more]
Click here for additional publications.
| 
