STS.081 Innovation Systems for Science, Technology, Energy, Manufacturing, and Health
STS.081 Innovation Systems for Science, Technology, Energy, Manufacturing, and Health (Spring 2017, MIT OCW). Instructor: William Bonvillian. This course focuses on science and technology policy - it will examine the science and technology innovation system, including case studies on energy, computing, advanced manufacturing, and health sectors, with an emphasis on public policy and the federal government's role in that system.
Class 2 Description:
Class 2 will discuss how innovation is organized into a system, and the elements and actors in this system. It will also include a summary of indirect or implicit elements in this system. These include, on the governmental side, fiscal policy, tax policy, standards, technology transfer policies, trade policy, procurement, intellectual property, the legal system, regulation, antitrust, export controls, etc. On the private sector side, these include markets, management approaches including support for incremental versus radical innovation, accounting systems and information transparency, business models, and venture and angel capital, etc.
(from ocw.mit.edu)
| Class 2 - Innovation Systems and Direct/Indirect Elements in ... (Part 1) |
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