Monday, August 06, 2007
[IWS] NSF: ASIA'S RISING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY STRENGTH: COMPARATIVE INDICATORS FOR ASIA, THE EUROPEAN UNION, AND THE UNITED STATES [2 August 2007]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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National Science Foundation (NSF)
Special Report | NSF 07-319 | August 2007
Asia's Rising Science and Technology Strength: Comparative Indicators for Asia, the European Union, and the United States [2 August 2007]
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf07319/
or
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf07319/pdf/nsf07319.pdf
[full-text, 50 pages]
[excerpt]
The major development over the past decade or more has been the rapid emergence of Asian economies outside Japan as increasingly strong players in the world's S&T system, with South Korea and Taiwan being joined by Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and others. Although the world has experienced ubiquitous market- and policy-driven expansion of S&T capabilities, nowhere has this been as rapid and dramatic as in Asia.
The largest and fastest-growing actor is China, whose government has declared education and S&T to be the strategic engines of sustainable economic development. China has already become an important player in high-technology markets, has attracted the world's major corporations, and was a major recipient of foreign direct investment in 2004.
Fragmentary data on India suggest that it, too, is seeking rapid technological development. India is focusing on knowledge-intensive service sectors and biotechnology.
Numerous indicators point to Asian growth outside of Japan. In high-technology manufacturing, the European and Japanese world shares are eroding, while the United States continues to maintain its position. In high-technology exports, however, all three leading economic regions/countries the European Union (EU), the United States, and Japanare losing market share to other Asian economies, and the U.S. high-technology trade balance has recently turned negative by several measures.
INCLUDES NUMEROUS TABLES & CHARTS....
Contents:
Introduction
Education
S&E Workforce
R&D Expenditures
S&E Publications
Patents
High-Technology Industries
Technical Notes on Publications Indicators
Suggested Citation, Acknowledgments
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Special Report | NSF 07-319 | August 2007
Asia's Rising Science and Technology Strength: Comparative Indicators for Asia, the European Union, and the United States [2 August 2007]
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf07319/
or
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf07319/pdf/nsf07319.pdf
[full-text, 50 pages]
[excerpt]
The major development over the past decade or more has been the rapid emergence of Asian economies outside Japan as increasingly strong players in the world's S&T system, with South Korea and Taiwan being joined by Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and others. Although the world has experienced ubiquitous market- and policy-driven expansion of S&T capabilities, nowhere has this been as rapid and dramatic as in Asia.
The largest and fastest-growing actor is China, whose government has declared education and S&T to be the strategic engines of sustainable economic development. China has already become an important player in high-technology markets, has attracted the world's major corporations, and was a major recipient of foreign direct investment in 2004.
Fragmentary data on India suggest that it, too, is seeking rapid technological development. India is focusing on knowledge-intensive service sectors and biotechnology.
Numerous indicators point to Asian growth outside of Japan. In high-technology manufacturing, the European and Japanese world shares are eroding, while the United States continues to maintain its position. In high-technology exports, however, all three leading economic regions/countries the European Union (EU), the United States, and Japanare losing market share to other Asian economies, and the U.S. high-technology trade balance has recently turned negative by several measures.
INCLUDES NUMEROUS TABLES & CHARTS....
Contents:
Introduction
Education
S&E Workforce
R&D Expenditures
S&E Publications
Patents
High-Technology Industries
Technical Notes on Publications Indicators
Suggested Citation, Acknowledgments
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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