Comments on: Asia Challenges U.S. Innovation Leadership, New Report Shows

By: Dale B. Halling

Dale B. Halling — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:32:56 +0000

Thank you for the excellent article. Unfortunately, since 2000 we have passed a number of laws and regulations that are killing innovation in the US. The incredible innovation of the 90s was based on technology start-up companies built on intellectual capital, financial capital, and human capital. All three of the pillars have been under attack since 2000. Our patent laws have been weakened reducing the value of intellectual capital. Sarbanes Oxley has made it impossible to go public reducing financial capital for start-ups and the FASB rules on stock options have made it harder to attract human capital to start-ups. The Decline and Fall of the American Entrepreneur: How Little Known Laws and Regulations are Killing Innovation http://www.amazon.com/Decline-Fall-American-Entrepreneur-Regulations/dp/1439261369/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262124667&sr=8-1, explains these problems in more detail.

By: Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook » Blog Archive » American Mfg’s Can Be Successful At Home

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:32:45 +0000

[...] As Asia steps up its innovation game, it’s time for the USA and the EU to get back to innovation fundamentals. What are those fundamentals? A constant, and holistic, attention to inventing new, better, different, and high value products and services — at home. [...]

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AffiliateXBlueprint — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:01:56 +0000

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By: clay barham

clay barham — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:00:01 +0000

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