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

Unit A:
Economic Growth Theory and the Innovation System 

1Economic Growth Theory and the Direct Elements
in Innovation

 2Innovation Systems and Direct/Indirect
Elements in the Innovation Ecosystem 

Unit B:
Challenges Facing the U.S. Economy

3The Competitive Challenge to U.S.
Manufacturing 

4The Challenge from Globalization for Advanced
Manufacturing and New Services 

Unit C: Federal-Private Sector Roles in the
Innovation System

5The Innovation System at the Institutional
Level: The Organization of Federal Science Support

 6Crossing “The Valley of Death”
Between Research and Development: The Public-Private Partnership Approach 

7The Organization of Innovation Systems at the
Face-to-Face

Level 8DARPA as the Connected Model in the
Innovation System: Government-Private Sector Interaction and the Example of
ComputingResearch Paper Outline Due

Unit D: The
Life Science and Energy Innovation Systems

9The Life Science R&D Model: National
Institutes of Health (NIH) 10The Challenge of Energy Technology
Transformation 

Unit E:
Improving the Innovation System: The Talent Base

11Improving the Talent Base: New Education and
Training Models 

12The Future of Work: The
Employment-Productivity DebateResearch Paper Due