The Innovation Edge: Meeting the Global Competitive Challenge

Bay Area Economic Forum’s “The Innovation Edge: Meeting the Global Competitive Challenge” report (September, 2006): 

“Innovation is increasingly the currency of international competitiveness as nations, states and regions worldwide increase their investment in education, R&D and manufacturing capacity. Successful innovation is the product of many forces: investment in scientific research; investment in education; the interaction of scientists across disciplines and of technologists with entrepreneurs; and a flexible, entrepreneurial culture. An analysis by the Bay Area Economic Forum, The Innovation Edge: Meeting the Global Competitive Challenge, assesses the nature of the new global challenge and the measures needed at the federal, state and regional levels to ensure our future competitiveness.”