International Competition in Advanced Technology Decisions for America (1983) / Chapter Skim
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1. Advanced Technology: Its Nature and Importance to the United States
1. Advanced Technology: Its Nature and Importance to the United States
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In addition, advanced technology is vital to the military security of the United States and, thus, to the defense of the Western Alliance.
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In industry, company interests usually dictate research; in universities and research institutes, individual scientists choose whatever scientific leads they deem both important and capable of attracting financial support. Development translates a new discovery or idea into a usable product aimed at a defined market demand.
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Advanced technology is perceived as a strong part of our national self image: the United States is thought to excel through "Yankee ingenuity. Advanced Technology and National Security National defense relies on advanced technology products for sophisticated military hardware.
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The military's ability to obtain the technology and hardware it requires often stems from the development and production strength that contractor companies have derived from competition in civilian markets. Healthy competition among companies selling semiconductors, lasers, commercial aircraft, computers, and other advanced technology products to a mass market, for example, sped the development of useful military applications of these products.
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... , : — >~F.2.2 ,,- ~ ~ I mports — FRANCE Exports A' >~~ Surplus - ~~ I mports 1962 1965 1970 1975 1980 1962 1965 1970 1975 1980 YEAR YEAR FIGURE 1 Relative changes in the balance of trade in high-technology products: United States, Japan, West Germany, and France, 1962 to 1980.
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NEED FOR NATIONAL ATTENTION The advanced technology enterprise has special characteristics that strengthen its claim to national attention. Even small companies can be technologically innovative and economically viable, but a new innovative product is subject to cumulatively increasing returns to scale over time, that is, with research and production experience there is a reduction in average cost.
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ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND THE NATION ' S FUTURE The social fabric of a nation is knitted by its citizens' common purposes and widely shared beliefs in the integrity and stature of their country and in the belief in a strong future. Throughout our history, Americans have believed in the capacity of the United States to adapt to new circumstances, to use native skills and resourcefulness-"Yankee ingenuity" -- to create practical objects of commercial value.
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52-58, 71-73. ~National Research Council, An Assessment of the Impact of the Department of Defense Very-High-Speed Integrated Circuit Program (Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1982)
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