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1 Defining the Information Technology R&D Ecosystem
1 Defining the Information Technology R&D Ecosystem
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Referring to a business ecosystem, Moore wrote that it is -- an economic community supported by a foundation of interacting or ganizations and individuals -- the organisms of the business world. This economic community produces goods and services of value to custom ers, who are themselves members of the ecosystem. The concept of a national innovation ecosystem was further developed and refined by such scholars as Michael Porter and Scott Stern and, more recently, Egils Milbergs. This report focuses on the complex interrelationships among information technology (IT)
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anatomy of the Ecosystem The national IT R&D ecosystem is complex, involving many actors and many types of relationships. When well tuned, it produces industryleading innovative products and services that benefit virtually every aspect of our society and economy and generates returns that substantially justify the enormous financial risks incurred in the early stages of a technology cycle.
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ecosystem. Figure 1-1.eps landscape
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The largest and most significant source of research funding for research universities remains the federal government, through its key grant-making agencies (e.g., those agencies that participate in the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development program)
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23, January 4, 2007, available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=990152; accessed December 26, 2007. Together, the firms listed in this paragraph had 894,295 full-time employees worldwide and a total market capitalization of $1.09 trillion on September 27, 2007, according to information compiled from NASDAQ and New York Stock Exchange financial data, available at Yahoo!
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Thus, the increased prominence of private equity capital may tend to increase the movement of IT jobs and capabilities overseas, at least in the short term, in order to increase profits, reduce costs, or seek additional markets. A recent empirical study prepared by the World Economic Forum on the impact of private equity investment on the behaviors of firms post-transaction considered such factors as the impact on investment in innovation and employment.
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Markets, financial flows, access to human resources, and intellectual property are now global phenomena. As a result, an assessment of the U.S.
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research universities comes primarily from the federal government and secondarily from private sources, of which foreign corporations represent a small but growing percentage. • IT companies (small, medium-size, and large)
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