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Manufacturing Anywhere
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| Science and Technology Policy Institute |
Originally created by Congress in 1991 as the Critical Technologies Institute and renamed in 1998, the Science and Technology Policy Institute is a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the National Science Foundation and managed by RAND. The Institute's mission is to help improve public policy by conducting objective, independent research and analysis on policy issues that involve science and technology. To this end, the Institute:
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- Helps science and technology decision-makers understand the likely consequences of their decisions and choose among alternative policies
- Helps improve understanding in both the public and private sectors of the ways in which science and technology can better serve national objectives.
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| Robert Gunther |
"Manufacturing Anywhere" was written by Robert Gunther, a freelance business writer and the founder of Gunther Communications, a company that specializes in communicating new business ideas. A former communications director at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, he has co-authored or collaborated on eight books, including The Buyout, Wharton on Marking Decisions and Hypercompetition. His columns and articles have appeared in a range of publications, including Investor{A146}s Business Daily and The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Gunther is grateful for the continued insights, review, and support of Wharton Professor John Paul MacDuffie and the many invaluable insights and revisions contributed by Susan Helper of Case Western Reserve University, Timothy Sturgeon of MIT, Roger Bohn of the University of California, San Diego, and Morris Cohen of the Wharton School.
He would also like to thank Robert Buckhout of the Internet Capital Group for permission to use his graphic on the restructuring of supply chains.
Finally, he is also grateful for the ongoing support of Noreen Clancy and Anders Hove of RAND Corporation, and the insightful guidance of David Rejeski.
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