{"131541":{"#nid":"131541","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dan Breznitz Testifies Before Senate U.S. - China Economic and Security Review Commission","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe U.S. is using an old playbook in the global economy and must refocus if it is to compete with China.\u0026nbsp; That was the message Dan Breznitz delivered to members of the Senate U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on May 10.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cA pervasive misconception among policy makers and academics has made excelling in innovation \u2013 defined solely as the creation of new technologies, services, and products \u2013 the holy grail of economic growth,\u201d said Breznitz during prepared testimony.\u0026nbsp; \u201cAccordingly, too often conversations about innovation focus on novel breakthrough developments that give rise to \u0022game-changing\u0022 technology.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAn associate professor in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and the College of Management, Breznitz is an expert in globalization and rapid innovation-based industries.\u0026nbsp; Breznitz\u2019 remarks reframed the focus of the hearing which was entitled \u201cChina\u0027s efforts to become an innovation society.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe somehow assume we\u2019re still in a world where, if you innovate, all the rest will happen within your borders and this is just not true anymore,\u201d said Breznitz. \u201cThe globalization of design, production, sophisticated manufacturing, and distribution requires a new approach to a second form of innovation \u2013 in second generation, processes and production, as well as incremental product innovation \u2013 in order to avoid the risk of losing jobs and industrial capabilities essential to the competitiveness of the United States economy.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBreznitz outlined four central points that the commission should consider about China\u2019s innovation capabilities and the real challenge they present for the United States:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E1) Globalization has changed the manner in which innovation is carried out around the world, 2) The rise of global fragmented production of both goods and services has led, for the first time in history, to true economic international interdependency with economic and political implications, 3) China\u2019s true innovational competitive edge, and the real competitive challenge to the U.S., is mastering the art of second generation innovation...and the science of organizational, incremental, and process innovation, 4) The United States should focus less on China\u2019s attempt to outdo Silicon Valley and more on China\u2019s capabilities in the commercialization, improvement and application of technologies first developed in the United States. This is our real long-term challenge and the key one if we wish capture more of the value, including job creation effects, of our own novel innovation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERead \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/files\/wysiwyg\/file\/BREZNITZ_TESTIMONY_USCC_May_2012.pdf\u0022\u003EFull Remarks\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWatch the Full\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.senate.gov\/fplayers\/jw57\/commMP4Player.cfm?fn=uscc051012\u0026amp;st=xxx\u0022\u003ECommission Hearing Video\u003C\/a\u003E (Breznitz begins at approx. 42 minutes )\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe U.S. is using an old playbook in the global economy and must refocus if it is to compete with China.\u0026nbsp; That was the message Dan Breznitz delivered to members of the Senate U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on May 10.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2012-05-18 16:32:24","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:18","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-05-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-05-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"131531":{"id":"131531","type":"image","title":"Danny Breznitz","body":null,"created":"1449178647","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:37:27","changed":"1475894757","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:57","alt":"Danny Breznitz","file":{"fid":"194691","name":"danny_200by300.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/danny_200by300_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/danny_200by300_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":65336,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/danny_200by300_0.jpg?itok=ilwrZFpT"}}},"media_ids":["131531"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"802","name":"China"},{"id":"33311","name":"Danny Breznitz"},{"id":"34081","name":"global economy"},{"id":"851","name":"INTA"},{"id":"34071","name":"U.S. competitiveness"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Erebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E \u0026nbsp;404-894-1720\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}