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Making in America
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Making in America

From Innovation to Market

MIT Press, 2013 mais...


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8

Qualities

  • Innovative

Recommendation

Suzanne Berger, co-chair of MIT’s Production in the Innovation Economy project, reports on MIT’s research and analysis of US manufacturing. She stresses manufacturing’s vital importance in maintaining the US as a global innovation leader. Her wise recommendations center on revitalizing US manufacturing and aligning it with future technologies. getAbstract recommends her cogent historical overview, practical solutions and insights about the future to investors, entrepreneurs, business owners, start-ups, innovators and anyone in manufacturing.

Take-Aways

  • US manufacturing is in deep decline.
  • The loss of US manufacturing jobs contributes strongly to unemployment.
  • Manufacturing promotes innovation and expertise, which produces further innovation.

About the Author

Suzanne Berger is the Raphael Dorman-Helen Starbuck Professor of Political Science at MIT and co-chair of MIT’s Production in the Innovation Economy project.


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    P. B. getAbstract 1 decade ago
    Interesting. Growth in the US is too much based on consumption. We need to get back to production growth.  The opposite is true for China. 

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