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Innovation Systems for Science, Technology, Energy, Manufacturing, and Health

2-0-7 units. HASS-S · Undergraduate

See description under subject STS.081[J] . Limited to 25.

Spring 2017

Topics

  • Economic Growth Theory and the Direct Elements in Innovation
  • Innovation Systems and Direct/Indirect Elements in the Innovation Ecosystem
  • The Competitive Challenge to U.S. Manufacturing
  • The Challenge from Globalization for Advanced Manufacturing and New Services
  • The Innovation System at the Institutional Level: The Organization of Federal Science Support
  • Crossing “The Valley of Death” Between Research and Development: The Public-Private Partnership Approach
  • The Organization of Innovation Systems at the Face-to-Face Level
  • DARPA as the Connected Model in the Innovation System: Government-Private Sector Interaction and the Example of Computing
  • The Life Science R&D Model: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • The Challenge of Energy Technology Transformation
  • Improving the Talent Base: New Education and Training Models
  • The Future of Work: The Employment-Productivity Debate

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Prerequisites & course information

Same subject as STS.081[J] Prereq: None U (Fall) Not offered regularly; consult department 2-0-7 units. HASS-S

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