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UNCG ECONOMIST DR. ALBERT LINK COEDITOR OF BOOK

GREENSBORO—“Innovation Policy in the Knowledge-Based Economy,” a new book by Dr. Albert N. Link, a professor of economics at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, has been published by Kluwer Academic Publishers.

The 457-page book, Link’s 21st, was co-edited with Dr. Maryann Feldman of Johns Hopkins University. The book brings together articles by eminent scholars to set forth a new innovation policy agenda.

 “There is a growing belief that the U.S. national R&D system, like that of many industrial nations, is changing due to global competitive pressures and advancements in information technology and electronic commerce,” said Link. “Industry’s R&D relationship with both the public sector and the academic sector will change accordingly.  As a result of this new environment, policy makers will need to rethink their approaches to science and technology issues.”

 Link is internationally recognized as an expert in the economics of science and technology innovation. He is serving as editor of the international Journal of Technology Transfer. He has been an advisor on science and technology policy to the governments of Canada, Austria, New Zealand, France, Korea and Germany. He has served on advisory panels for the NSF, National Academy of Sciences and National Aeronautics and Space Administration. He joined the faculty at UNCG in 1982, and received the 2000 University Research Excellence Award.

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