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more on todays wp - for IP - role of innovation in making economycompetitive,finland; contrast us trends
From: "David Farber" <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 11:19:29 -0400
-----Original Message----- From: "John Kemp"<frumioj () mac com> Sent: 14/07/05 10:53:25 AM To: "dave () farber net"<dave () farber net> Subject: Re: [IP] todays wp - for IP - role of innovation in making economycompetitive,finland; contrast us trends Hi, The USA doesn't actually do so badly in such an environment, if you consider the ease of creating a startup company in the US compared to pretty much anywhere else in the world. Innovation is much better funded here than any figure talking about "investment in R&D" might indicate. In my experience at least, venture capitalists invest in innovative companies - certainly those likely to make money (one day) - but companies that tend have good new ideas. This amounts to informal research and development (and I imagine doesn't count in any official figure). The difference seems to be that in Finland, the government has directly helped growth of R&D, and in the US, R&D is only indirectly aided by the government (at the very least in that the goverment supports and helps maintain an open market). Cheers, - JohnK David Farber wrote:
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