McNair Topic Areas

A Topic Area is defined by the McNair Center as an ongoing, research-driven, and materials-producing focus of effort. The Center currently devotes resources to six foci:

• Economic and Business Trends - an investigation of U.S. economic and business trends related to entrepreneurship and innovation such as the decline of business dynamism in high tech industry or leveraged buyout.
• Entrepreneurship Ecosystems
• McNair Topic Areas
• Patents and Innovation
• Small Business
• Social Factors in Entrepreneurship

Summary Data

	Team Members	Keywords
Economic and Business Trends	Ariel Sun	Business Finance Economic Trend
Entrepreneurship Ecosystems	TBD	Incubators Accelerators Venture Capital Angel Investor Startups Crowding-out Social-Media Houston
McNair Topic Areas
Patents and Innovation	Albert Nabiullin Marcela Interiano	Pool Thicket Reform Patent Innovation Policy Patent-Troll Acts Prize System
Resources and Tools	Ariel Sun	Database Resource Tool
Small Business	Dylan Dickens	Entrepreneurship Small Business
Social Factors in Entrepreneurship	Dylan Dickens Veeral Shah Carlin Cherry	Reform Women Entrepreneurship Policy Regulation Immigration Presidential Race Female Minority Health Care Gender Social Small Business

Forms and Templates

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