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About IPC

The Industrial Performance Center (IPC) is an MIT-wide research unit, based in the School of Engineering. The Center is comprised of faculty members, students and research associates from the Schools of Engineering, Management, Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Science, and Architecture and Planning. Our interdisciplinary teams observe, analyze and report on strategic, technological, and organizational developments in a broad range of industries and examine the implications for society and the global economy.

The IPC serves as a listening post on industry, monitoring patterns of organizational and technological practice, interpreting them for our partners and sponsors, and bringing our observations and insights to bear on the core disciplines and educational curricula of the Institute. Through our research we seek to help leaders in business, labor, government, and universities better understand global industrial developments and to work with them to develop practical new approaches for strengthening public policies, business strategies, technical practices, and educational programs.
Good research begins with a good question.

Spotlight

IPC doctoral student Edward Cunningham testifies before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on China's energy policymaking structure.

A detailed analysis of powerplants in China by IPC researchers debunks the widespread notion that outmoded energy technology or the absence of government regulation is to blame for that country's notorious air-pollution problems. MIT News Release

Richard Lester delivers keynote address on energy innovation at the Centennial Meeting of the National Governors Association in Philadelphia.

Michael Piore delivers the 2008 Presidential Address to the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics.

IPC Research Affiliate and former Doctoral Fellow Dan Breznitz receives the American Political Science Association's  2008 Don Price Award for the best book on science and technology  for his book Innovation and the State.

IPC hosts Industry Studies Annual Conference — 2008. More than 350 industry studies researchers from around the world gather in Boston for the event.

IPC researcher Liz Reynolds hosts roundtable for 10 local biotechnology firms to discuss location strategies for biomanufacturing.

IPC awarded $2M grant to review U.S. energy technology innovation.

IPC enters into partnership with John Adams Innovation Institute to study the competitiveness of Massachusetts Industries.

Economists Frank Levy and Peter Temin analyze the causes of income inequality in a new working paper. Their diagnosis receives extensive media coverage.

MIT Study Team including IPC faculty Richard Lester and Edward Steinfeld publish major study on The Future of Coal: Options for a Carbon-Constrained World.

Richard Lester calls for regional energy innovation strategy for New England. IPC collaborates with Council on Competitiveness and Massachusetts Business Roundtable on Regional Innovation Summit.

Local Innovation Systems project featured at Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Conference, on National Public Radio, and in the Chronicle of Higher Education.


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