As this year's theme - "The Innovation Advantage" - underscores, our economic and commercial success is propelled by an innovative culture that a majority of Americans consider to be part of our national DNA.
But they are the information workers who maintain America's innovation advantage in the global economy.
You only have to imagine Americans talking about building a United States equivalent of Skolkovo to see how thoroughly they thrashed their former rival at the innovation game.Yet America's innovation advantage is fading rapidly; indeed, in a growing number of areas it has already turned into an innovation deficit.
China's Innovation Advantage.
This intelligence advantage must then tie to a product innovation advantage that is directly correlated with a user or customer acquisition advantage and ultimately with an advantage in the size of its user or customer base.
America's innovation advantage will be challenged as emerging economies--such as China, India, and Russia--learn that innovation and IP rights are fundamental to economic growth.
Supported by high local technology capability and the governmental strategy with independent innovation, the advantages of introducing technology from other countries are offset by local technology diffusion.
In seeking to innovate, an individual patient's care might be compromised by the surgeon's unsubstantiated optimism about the innovation's advantages, superiority over alternatives, their own skill in performing that innovation, favourable complication rates and so forth.
In summary, this case study confirms that consultants in DPH, commissioners and clinical teams working together can develop workable innovative ideas, to overcome issues, and make changes to benefit patients and spread innovation, taking advantage of changes through evolving structures in the NHS in England and developing clinical leadership skills in primary care clinicians.
"At its heart is a different approach, moving beyond reactive, incremental responses to external pressures and toward a new understanding of sustainability as an opportunity for innovation, competitive advantage, differentiation and growth".
