Open Innovation and Economic Development: Bendis Presentation in Quebec (May 15, 2012)
Tuesday, 15 May 2012 15:41 | 
Creating a Vibrant Regional Innovation Ecosystem: Bendis Presentation (Waterloo Ontario Canada)
Wednesday, 11 April 2012 16:34 |
European Union Innovation Delegation Presentation
Sunday, 12 February 2012 09:57 |
Creating Communities of Innovation and EntrepreneurshipWednesday, 30 November 2011 14:02 |
Regional Intermediary Structures for Investing in Open Innovation (Bendis Presentation - Sep 24, 2011 - Tempere, Finland)Thursday, 29 September 2011 00:00 |
Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) An Instrument for Creating InnovationFriday, 26 August 2011 09:43 |
Bendis' Presentation: Science & Innovation-Based Trends in the U.S. (May 5, 2011)Saturday, 07 May 2011 00:00 |
Bendis' Presentation in Ottawa. March 30, 2011Thursday, 31 March 2011 08:15 |
What's New in Innovation: Porto, Portugal .....Bendis' Presentation (Oct 7, 2010)Friday, 08 October 2010 00:00 |
SBA AND TREASURY SMALL BUSINESS FINANCING FORUM RECOMMENDATIONSMonday, 23 November 2009 01:00 |
As Submitted by Richard A. Bendis, President, Innovation America and Vice Chair NASVF
Creating a National Innovation Framework Building a Public-Private Support System to Encourage Innovation
By Richard Bendis & Ethan Byler April 2009 Introduction and SummaryScience, technology, and innovation experts in the United States today almost unanimously agree that our country needs to launch a collective national effort to accelerate U.S. technological- and innovation-based growth. Amid a global economic downturn during which other nations are boosting their already significant public- and private-sector efforts to build more competitive, innovation-led economies, the United States stands almost alone in the world without a national innovation framework. |
The result? Our country is beginning to lose its innovation leadership and national competitive advantage because we do not coordinate innovation policy across federal, state, municipal, and university boundaries and do not adequately support high-growth entrepreneurial companies. The federal government pours approximately $150 billion annually into basic scientific research but then largely fails to ensure this money results in the kind of broad-based economic growth that makes our products and services the most competitive on the planet.[1] This is a travesty because it is innovative small businesses that have generated between 60 to 80 percent of net new jobs annually over the last decade as they grow and prosper, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration.[2] These same companies also employ 30 percent of high-tech workers such as scientists, engineers, and information technology workers.