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Closing the Innovation Gap: Reigniting the Spark of Creativity in a Global Economy

McGraw-Hill Books

Closing the Innovation Gap: Reigniting the Spark of Creativity in a Global Economy

Author: Judy Estrin
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Books

Serial entrepreneur and former chief technology officer of Cisco Systems (CSCO), Judy Estrin expands on why the U.S. position in the world has eroded in comparison with those of such emerging powers as China and India—and what government and business can do to redress the deficit. Her core arguments are that many executives have a penchant for short-sighted investments, and that cowed corporate boards are unwilling to ask hard questions. Estrin also takes government to task for scaling back non-defense-related spending on science, causing some American innovation muscle to atrophy.

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