Postindustrial technology policy

Even without the possibility that reassessment of the nation's military pos ture might lead to declines in support for generation of new knowledge in t he physical sciences and engineering, the growth of the service economy sho uld suffice to occasion a fresh look at US technology policy. This paper re views the reasons, with particular attention to services such as health car e. It then sketches needs for a postindustrial, post-Cold War US technology policy. Those needs lie heavily in the direction of diffusion and learning . (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.