Nicholas Imparato

In the following viewpoint Nicholas Imparato argues that the United States risks losing its position as the leader of the Information Revolution because other nations have become more innovative. He contends that South Asian and European nations have been able to expand their research and development of information technology while keeping costs low. According to Imparato, the United States will not remain at the front of the Information Revolution unless the business, university, and government communities work together to determine the best ways to develop, teach, and utilize new technologies. Imparato is a professor of marketing and management at the McLaren School of Business at the University of San Francisco and a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, a public policy research center that evaluates the causes and consequences of social...