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. More...
The IPC Scale Up team, represented by Liz Reynolds and Richard Lester, presented their findings on how innovative production –oriented companies scale and some of the challenges they face. A copy of the paper by Reynolds, Hiram Samel and Joyce Lawrence can be found here, and the slides from the NAS presentation can be found here.
The IPC hosted the MA Biomanufacturing Roundtable on February 13th 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.
The IPC is partnering with Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) to hold several regional roundtable meetings across the country with senior energy leaders to discuss the role of regions in accelerating the transition to a lower-carbon energy economy. The first roundtable was held in March with utility executives and advanced energy company CEOs: More...
Jesse Jenkins joins the IPC as a Research Associate with the MIT Production in the Innovation Economy (PIE) project. More...
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?