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At the request of the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR), Shirley Ann Jackson, President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, presents in this brief paper her views of the challenges of the 21st century for the science and engineering workforce. Dr. Jackson identifies factors that she believes are contributing to a declining science and engineering workforce, describes the risks and consequences of this decline, and pro...

In this report to the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable, authors Jerry Thursby and Marie Thursby summarize their research on the globalization of corporate R&D., The authors surveyed 200 multinational companies about recent and future R&D, location decisions, and the factors influencing those decisions. The survey confirms that China and India are primary targets of R&D, expansion, but this trend does not yet portend a "hollow...