News & Views item - March 2006

 

 

Those Nations Who Sometimes Punch Above Their Weight. (March 17, 2006)

    Kent Hill, Research Professor, Department of Economics and Center for Business Research Arizona State University's Carey School of Business1, accompanies his recent paper Universities in the U.S. National Innovation System with a series of seven figures -- the first five of which refer to the United States -- and three tables. They are reproduced below and are self-explanatory.

 

While Australia is absent from all three tables, it is noteworthy that it is without mention in tables 1 and 3.