Generally, people who want to achieve excellence try to learn from the best: Ambitious college students seek out successful mentors. Up-and-coming football coaches study Alabama’s Nick Saban. Aspiring business leaders study the greatest CEOs, such as those researched by Jim Collins in Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t (HarperBusiness, 2001).

When it comes to the tech industry, the US has been the example to follow.

Read Dr. Jamison’s complete blog post at AEI.