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The past decade has witnessed the precipitous decline of the United States as an international competitor in the world of commercial innovation. While we have been-and still are a leader in innovation for defense, medicine, and agriculture, we have lost our competitive edge in developing the high-tech consumer products that now determine much of the economic fortune of nations.
In this clear and tough-minded look at our dilemma, Don Kash proposes that the United States apply the lessons of the arms race to win the export race. He argues that three of our most cherished ideas about economic activity-individualism, the free market, and efficiency-have become counterproductive in the new reality of continuous innovation. Groups not individuals are the source of success in synthesizing new products. Cooperation between the public and private sectors- not the free market-is critical to competition in the international marketplace. And innovation-being first, or early, with a new product is more important than efficiency. Perpetual Innovation offers fresh ideas for meeting the challenge of a new economic reality. ISBN:9780465055340
