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| 2019
Economic Growth Institute completes federal study to examine university lab-to-market best practices
The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) selected the University of Michigan’s Economic Growth Institute to study successful technology commercialization practices at public doctoral universities.
The NIST-funded study explores the technology partnerships at universities that have received the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) Innovation and Economic Prosperity (IEP) Universities designation. The IEP designation recognizes institutions for their contributions to regional economic development.
| 2018
Program Designed to Secure the Defense Supply Chain is Innovative and Capable of Supporting the Needs of our Military
Midwest communities and the defense supply chain companies that are located in them are economically intertwined. The Midwest’s manufacturing supply chain is embracing the challenge of scaling production up to meet the technical and production demands in support of national defense. As our warfighters prepare to combat new, emerging adversaries, it is of paramount importance that our supply chain deliver what is necessary to secure our sustained military dominance. This new reality is a stark contrast from earlier this decade when the United States began the process of reducing troop levels in two conflict regions: Iraq and Afghanistan. Sequestration meant that a reduction in troops coincided with a reduction in all that is required to support a larger military force. [Download the paper to see more]
| 2017
The authors review research on the destabilizing effects of defense department reallocations at the firm and community levels, with the intent to inform current intervention policy for assisting firms and regions dependent on defense spending and to lay the groundwork for evaluative research.
| 2016
A rapid design to facilitate commercialization, used to assist more than 200 tech start-ups.
| 2016
The purpose of this study is to explain urban wage differentials with a special focus on educational levels. The authors explore whether the share of people with a bachelor’s degree or higher in the community matters to the wages of those within specific educational cohorts, accounting for cost of living, human capital externalities, consumer externalities, policy factors, and local labor market conditions. (more…)
ALL PUBLICATIONS
| 2019
Maximizing innovation and technology commercialization of federal research investments
Economic Growth Institute completes federal study to examine university lab-to-market best practices The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) selected the University of Michigan’s Economic Growth Institute to study successful technology commercialization practices at public doctoral universities. The NIST-funded study explores the technology partnerships at universities that have received the Association of
| 2018
SUSTAINING THE DEFENSE SUPPLY CHAIN
Program Designed to Secure the Defense Supply Chain is Innovative and Capable of Supporting the Needs of our Military Midwest communities and the defense supply chain companies that are located in them are economically intertwined. The Midwest’s manufacturing supply chain is embracing the challenge of scaling production up to meet the technical and production demands
| 2017
Contending With Defense Industry Reallocations: A Literature Review of Relevant Factors
The authors review research on the destabilizing effects of defense department reallocations at the firm and community levels, with the intent to inform current intervention policy for assisting firms and regions dependent on defense spending and to lay the groundwork for evaluative research.
| 2016
Getting Technology to Product Faster using Technology Roadmapping
A rapid design to facilitate commercialization, used to assist more than 200 tech start-ups.
| 2016
Exploring Wage Determination by Education Level: A U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Area Analysis From 2005 to 2012
The purpose of this study is to explain urban wage differentials with a special focus on educational levels. The authors explore whether the share of people with a bachelor’s degree or higher in the community matters to the wages of those within specific educational cohorts, accounting for cost of living, human capital externalities, consumer externalities, policy factors, and local labor market conditions.