Report of the MIT Taskforce on Innovation and Production
Unlocking Energy Innovation: How America Can Build a Low-Cost, Low-Carbon Energy System
Professor Richard K. Lester
Professor Davd M. Hart
The MIT Press, 2011.
The IPC is dedicated to the study of innovation, productivity and competitiveness in the U.S. and around the world. The Center specializes in bringing together multidisciplinary teams of researchers in engineering, science, management and the social sciences to carry out innovative, applied research on industrial growth and transformation, national and regional economic growth and competitiveness, and innovation performance. The IPC seeks to help leaders in business, government, education and other sectors of society better understand global industrial developments and create practical new approaches for strengthening public policies, business strategies, technical practices, and educational programs. More...
A preliminary report of the Production in the Innovation (PIE) Economy was released at a presentation at the National Academies on February 22nd and the final report will be released at MIT on September 20th. More...
The IPC Scale Up team, including Liz Reynolds, Hiram Samel and Joyce Lawrence are presenting their findings on how innovative production –oriented companies scale and some of the challenges they face at meetings of the NAS in Washington, D.C., the ISA in Kansas City, DRUID in Barcelona and SASE in Milan. A copy of the paper can be found here, and the slides from the NAS presentation can be found here.
The IPC and Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) are hosting their second roundtable discussion on June 18th in San Antonio, Texas to discuss regional strategies to accelerating the transition to a lower-carbon energy economy. CPS Energy will host the meeting which will focus on lessons learned from the Texas experience in energy innovation. The first roundtable was held in March with utility executives and advanced energy company CEOs: More...
The IPC hosted the MA Biomanufacturing Roundtable's Winter Meeting for a discussion on strategies for advancing cell therapy manufacturing capabilities in the region. Leaders from large and small biopharma companies as well as academia and research hospitals including Children’s Hospital gathered to discuss how to collaborate around this frontier technology. Link to presentation here.
Former IPC Researcher Smita Srinivas publishes a new book, Market Menagerie, Health and Development in Late Industrial States (Stanford University Press, 2012). More...
How can the energy innovation system be designed to accelerate growth in new low-carbon energy technologies and address the risks of climate change?
How can regions prosper in an increasingly open and rapidly changing global economy?
How can the US capture more of the downstream economic benefits associated with its strengths in innovation in a way that benefits the economy and the population as a whole?
How do companies and regions maintain and further their innovative capacity in a globalizing industry?