false 3581576 1 <b>One of the business world&#8217;s most highly regarded innovators offers her ideas on how to close the innovation gap</b> <p>Is innovation magic, luck, or just another process to be managed? Are innovators born or taught? Written by one of the technology industry&#8217;s most respected entrepreneurs and innovators, <i>Closing the Innovation Gap</i> answers those and other important questions for business leaders, entrepreneurs, public policy makers, academics, and anyone interested in America&#8217;s future.</p> <p>Entrepreneur and former Cisco CTO Judy Estrin explores the evolution of science and technology after World War II to illustrate why innovation is so crucial to economic, social, and cultural development. Without a thriving &#8220;innovation ecosystem,&#8221; says Estrin, the United States will not be able to leverage rapidly-changing conditions and prevail in the emerging global economy. She outlines the distinctive life-cycles of each area of this ecosystem-- research, development, and application--and goes on to describe the forces that are eroding it, explaining clearly how and why companies and countries lose their innovative edge. Then she offers practical advice and guidance on what business leaders, policy makers, entrepreneurs, and educators can do to reignite the spark of scientific and technological creativity in organizations and the country. 3623830 7 9 2008 Closing the Innovation Gap: Reigniting the Spark of Creativity in a Global Economy total:8|5:0|4:2|3:5|2:1|1:0| 8 25 34 2 0 0 false false Sun Nov 23 09:15:03 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 09:15:59 -0800 2008 http://www.innovation-america.com/index....]]> 0 0 false false Mon Oct 27 06:10:37 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 06:13:37 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sat Oct 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 08:34:40 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 08:34:47 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jul 08 05:20:10 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 05:20:30 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jun 07 06:37:30 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 06:37:30 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 19:28:38 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 19:28:38 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun May 03 22:13:38 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 22:13:38 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Apr 15 16:19:26 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 16:19:26 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Apr 09 14:03:37 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 14:03:37 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Mar 03 11:48:39 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 11:50:13 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Feb 28 16:11:42 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 16:11:42 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Feb 28 07:24:26 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 08:01:22 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 07:24:26 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jan 23 14:46:34 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 14:46:34 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sun Jan 11 13:28:39 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 13:28:39 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jan 07 01:40:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 01:40:00 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jan 06 21:47:34 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 21:47:34 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jan 03 12:37:53 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 12:37:53 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jan 02 21:03:57 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 22:01:58 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Dec 29 11:33:10 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 11:33:10 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Fri Dec 12 06:30:34 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 06:30:39 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3581576