The issue of innovation in developing nations and the role in IP in supporting it is of late of significant interest. But what is the effect of systemic disregard for IP rights on the global innovation system. Does it spur more innovation or less? Robert Atkinson will discuss how a larger share...

In recent years, an idea has spread that we are in a fourth industrial revolution, more transformative than any change in human history, that will, among other negative effects, lead to massive job losses and unemployment. However, as Rob Atkinson writes in an essay for the “Work in the...

For America to remain the global leader in IT, the U.S. government must formulate a grand strategy grounded in a new doctrine of “digital realpolitik.” The first priority should be advancing U.S. interests by spreading the U.S. digital innovation policy system and constraining digital...

The Policy Index assesses 55 countries against 84 indicators grouped across seven core innovation policy areas: 1) trade and foreign direct investment; 2) science and R&D; 3) domestic market competition; 4) intellectual property rights; 5) information technology; 6) government procurement; and 7)...

On May 5, 2009, the Silicon Flatirons Center and the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF) brought together leading individuals from the telecommuications industry, academia, and public interest community to discuss the state of broadband competition policy

The purpose of the State New Economy Index is to measure states' economic structure. Unlike other reports that assess state economic performance or state economic policies, this study focuses more narrowly on a simple question: To what degree does the structure of the 50 state economies match...

Countries' use of mercantilist policies in recent years has expanded dramatically, particularly in emerging economies such as Brazil, China, and India. These practices, such as forced technology transfer or local production as a condition of market access, intellectual property (IP) theft,...

Robust innovation is essential for economic growth and social progress around the world. Until now, most studies of innovation policy looked at how nations' policies affect innovation in their own country. This report assesses 56 countries — which comprise almost 90 percent of the global...

In this report, researchers from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) assess the employment impact in the United Kingdom of investments in three ICT infrastructures: broadband networks, intelligent...