http://www.greattransformations.org daily 1 2008-03-13T22:01:53Z http://www.greattransformations.org/news/new-report-on-innovation-policy-in-a-time-of-crisis How can the Obama administration use a new stimulus package to enhance federal innovation policies - thus pushing the American economy forward in a time of economic crisis? A new White Paper, written by Fred Block and Matthew R. Keller, addresses how to implement "stim-novation" policies that foster economic recovery as well as longer-term economic growth. No publisher news desk 2008-12-10T06:35:43Z News Item http://www.greattransformations.org/news/where-do-innovations-come-from In a working paper released by the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation, Fred Block and Matthew Keller use a unique data set of award-winning innovative technologies to argue that the nature of the U.S. innovation system has changed dramatically over the last 40 years. While in the 1970s winners of the R&D 100 awards were dominated by large corporations acting alone, in recent years over two-thirds of the winners have come from collaborations involving business and government, including federal labs and federally-funded university research. No publisher news desk 2008-07-15T05:35:36Z News Item http://www.greattransformations.org/news/americas-stealth-industrial-policy In a new article posted on the Miller-McCune website, Prof. Fred Block argues that the dominant political rhetoric on the value of "free markets" has helped to obscure the key role of the U.S. government in stimulating innovative technologies and economic development. No publisher news desk 2008-06-06T07:13:13Z News Item http://www.greattransformations.org/news/website-launch The Great Transformations website was launched in May, 2008. The website will be updated regularly; feel free to check back in for new news items, updated content, and, soon, upcoming events. No publisher mrkeller 2008-05-28T18:28:34Z News Item