Highlighting policies and initiatives to advance innovation and drive economic growth

Job Generating High-Growth Firms

According to a new Kauffman Foundation study, High-Growth Firms and the Future of the American Economy, high-growth firms account for a disproportionate share of job creation despite their relatively small numbers. More specifically, the study showed, that so-called “gazelle” firms... [More]
Posted By: Mark Marich at 03/10/2010 06:30 AM | Comments (0)
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Maximizing the Potential of University Inventions

Robert Litan, vice-president of research and policy at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, has a new article explaining why the federal government should require universities receiving research grants to allow faculty inventors the right to choose their licensing agent. In this article, Litan re... [More]
Posted By: Mark Marich at 03/04/2010 11:53 AM | Comments (0)
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Pediatric Medical Device ‘Idea Campaign’ Launched Online

In an effort to stimulate early stage innovation, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation announced today an eight-week online “idea campaign” to encourage innovations and collaborations to meet the growing medical needs of children. Parents, doctors, researchers, entrepreneurs and others h... [More]
Posted By: Mark Marich at 02/24/2010 15:30 PM | Comments (22)
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DARPA’s Approach to Innovation

PDE staff were on hand today for the Woodrow Wilson Center and MIT’s Innovation Policy Discussion Group meeting. Our report of the event—DARPA’s Approach to Innovation—follows: Today, the Deputy Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Kaigham (Ke... [More]
Posted By: Mark Marich at 02/24/2010 15:28 PM | Comments (7)
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A Note on Bayh-Dole

Last week PDE posted a note about an idea to improve the effectiveness of university technology transfer in the U.S. There seems to have been some confusion following this about the nature of the breakthrough idea to improve the U.S. model for commercialization of university-develo... [More]
Posted By: Jonathan Ortmans at 02/22/2010 15:53 PM | Comments (6)
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Manhattan Links Scientists, Entrepreneurs and Investors

In his State of the Borough Speech, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer outlined a plan to diversify the city's economy and spark new job growth in the tech sector. Stringer announced the creation of an “intermediary” that will foster linkages between scientists, entrepren... [More]
Posted By: Mark Marich at 02/17/2010 15:18 PM | Comments (12)
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The Untapped Potential of Research Universities

Everyone surely owns an innovative product that has its roots in a university lab, or knows someone that has benefited from the presence of start-ups that formed through the dissemination of knowledge and technologies from the university to the marketplace. Universities have been the lifeblood of ... [More]
Posted By: Jonathan Ortmans at 02/15/2010 13:12 PM | Comments (16)
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Highlights from House Science and Technology Agenda

On January 19, Rep. Bart Gordon announced the 2010 legislative agenda for the House Committee on Science and Technology. Innovation and energy and STEM education lead the priorities list.As part of its effort to maintain U.S. competitiveness through innovation, the Committee plans to work on Reautho... [More]
Posted By: Mark Marich at 02/10/2010 13:35 PM | Comments (15)
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The Economic Power of University Spin-offs

According to Krisztina Holly, vice provost for innovation at the University of Southern California and former founding executive director of MIT's Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation, “an opportunity to solve our job crisis lies right under our noses.” In an opinion ... [More]
Posted By: Mark Marich at 02/08/2010 09:08 AM | Comments (12)
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Protecting U.S. Global Dominance in Biomedical Products

A new Kauffman Foundation paper, The Distributed Partnering Model for Drug Discovery and Development, argues that drug discovery is in jeopardy and recommends a new “distributed partnership model” for speeding therapeutic products to market. In the 20th century, pharmaceutical and biotec... [More]
Posted By: Mark Marich at 01/28/2010 15:27 PM | Comments (23)
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