Innovation Insights | Why Technology Standards Matter

Technology standards are the common language shared by everyone working to create a new product–from the scientists and engineers that design it, to the companies that bring it to market. The United States has been a standards leader for a long time because of its ongoing investments in research and development. But the United States’ role as a standards leader is at risk and its market-driven approach is now facing well-organized competition.

Innovation Insights explains the importance of setting these standards and explores the critical challenges faced by the US in this domain.

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