Does America Need More Innovators?

A critical exploration of today's global imperative to innovate, by champions, critics, and reformers of innovation. Corporate executives, politicians, and school board leaders agree-Americans must innovate. Innovation experts fuel this demand with books and services that instruct aspiring inno...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge The MIT Press 2019
Series:Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation series
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