By Bill Stephan Interesting piece by Robert Samuelson that underscores the importance of establishing polices that support entrepreneurs and new business start-up activities. RealClearPolitics – Learning From Japan’s Mistakes.
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Indiana universities nearly double research spending in last 10 year – Indiana Economic Digest – Indiana
By Bill Stephan According to the Indianapolis Business Journal (IBJ), it became clear to state leaders about 10 years ago—when Indiana was hemorrhaging manufacturing jobs—that universities, not factories, would have to be the engines of the state’s economy going forward. Since then, Indiana’s major research universities—Indiana and Purdue—have nearly doubled their science-based research budgets, to… Read more »
Connect with IU – Center for the Business of Life Sciences
By Bill Stephan From the CBLS website: Founded in 2008, the Kelley School’s Center for the Business of Life Sciences was started with the belief that life sciences companies are essential economic drivers for growth and employment. To ensure the success of the industry as a whole, however, requires a broad collaboration of science and… Read more »
Connect with IU: Center for Urban Policy and the Environment
By Bill Stephan The Center for Urban Policy and the Environment is devoted to supporting economic success for Indiana and a high quality of life for all Hoosiers. An applied research organization, CUPE was created by the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs in 1992. The Center works in partnership with community leaders,… Read more »
President’s Economic Development Cabinet
By Bill Stephan The President’s Economic Development Cabinet, a 15-member group of distinguished business, community and faculty leaders with a broad range of experiences and knowledge in the technology and life-sciences sectors, was established to serve as economic development advisors to Indiana University President Michael McRobbie. The Cabinet meets three times a year to provide policy input and… Read more »
Are Universities Underestimating the Economic Impact of Academic Research?
IU researchers David B. Audretsch and Taylor Aldridge argue that universities are underestimating the number of start-up companies that have formed to market university research by as much as 30 percent. Professor Audretsch, a distinguished professor at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) at Indiana University Bloomington and director of the Institute for… Read more »
What Executives Make of Innovation – BusinessWeek
By Bill Stephan A Business Week article I thought you might enjoy. As executives breathe out after surviving the Great Recession, they find they’re gazing on a New Reality. The meltdown accelerated many trends that had been merely budding pre-crisis. There has been no time for slow and steady adaptation to the pressures and challenges of… Read more »
How do you create an Innovation Economy? Find out here.
By Tony Armstrong Ask the average citizen about Silicon Valley, and they’ll probably reference Apple, Google, or Xerox. Ask them about the Hoosier State, and they will likely mention John Mellencamp, the Indy 500, and basketball. It’s a perception problem, but it’s also an opportunity. Indiana University researchers have been quietly forging scientific and technological… Read more »