• International Economic Comparisons
• The Global Markets for U.S. Technology
• Industrial R&D
• Patented Inventions
• Small High-Tech Business
• New High-Tech Competitors

Introduction

• Chapter Background
• Chapter Organization

The Global Markets for U.S. Technology

• The Importance of High-Tech Production
• OECD High-Tech Industries
• Share of World Markets
• Global Competitiveness of Individual Industries
• Exports Share of Total Manufacturing Production
• U.S. Trade Balance
• The Home Market
• Royalties and Fees Generated from Intellectual Property

International Trends in Industrial R&D

• Overall Trends
• R&D Performance by Manufacturing Industries

Patented Inventions

• Granted Patents by Owner
• Patents by Patent Office Classes
• Patenting Outside the United States
• International Patent Trends for Three Important Technologies
• International Patent Families as a Basis of Comparison
• Robot Technology
• Genetic Engineering
• Optical Fibers

Small Business and High Technology

• Trends in New U.S. High-Tech Business Startups
• Foreign Ownership of U.S. High-Tech Companies

New High-Tech Competitors

• Leading Indicators of National Competitiveness
• National Commitment
• Socioeconomic Infrastructure
• Technological Infrastructure
• Productive Capacity
• Summary: Assessment of Future Competitiveness
• Preliminary Analysis of New Data

References

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