Strategies for technology development

Do you feel that countries and companies need explicit strategies for technology development, given the tremendous amount of largely spontaneous creativity that occurs today, often in areas where new technologies are not expected to exert a great influence.  Why or why not?

Please make your initial post and two response posts substantive. A substantive post will do at least two of the following:

• Explain, define, or analyze the topic in detail
• Provide an outside source (for example, an article from the UC Library) that applies to the topic, along with additional information about the topic or the source (please cite properly in APA)
• Make an argument concerning the topic.

At least one scholarly source should be used. Use proper citations and references in your post.